[ale] what exactly does a long smart hdd test do?

[mike at trausch.us]

On 05/11/2012 01:41 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
> However, SpinRite runs strictly at the dos / bios level from a bootable CD.

If that is the case, this further discredits the project.  The Linux
kernel is more than powerful enough to give you direct access to the
device where you can even issue direct SCSI commands to the thing.  For
that matter, you can then do things like reset the drive and continue in
such an event.

Using BIOS, it's anybody's guess as to what can happen.  Depends on the
BIOS vendor, version and line.

	--- Mike

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