How to get comprehensive information on HDD errors on Debian.

The smartmontools package for Debian allows the user to get comprehensive hard disk information. This is useful if the hard disk drive is behaving strangely. This might mean it is failing. Install the smartmontools package. root@neo:/home/jason# apt install smartmontoolsroot@neo:/home/jason# apt install smartmontools Now you may check your hard disk drive for any errors. root@neo:/home/jason# smartctl … Read more