Re: disk burnin
You could use badblocks.
Code:
badblocks -p 10 /dev/hda
which would scan the disc 10 times in read only mode.
You can only use it on discs which are not mounted so
probably booting from a live disc would be the way to go.
Look at man badblocks as it gives you all the possible options
but note that you must not use the -w option on a disc you have any information on you want to keep.
For that you could use the -n option which is slow but does a non destructive read/write test
Running 14.04 on my HP Pavilion g6 4 Gig Ram 320 Gig Disc
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