linhdd(1)
NAME
LINHDD - GTK+ frontend for cfdisk/df/hdparm/mkfs
SYNOPSIS
linHDD
DESCRIPTION
- For those a bit weary of the command line, perhaps a bit
- miffed by big problems caused by little typos - but mostly for
- the many newcomers that have yet to memorize the multitude of
- wondrous console-based commands, I give you this tool to ease
- your life just a little bit.
- The initial release only deals with ide hard drives, no
- scsi/sata - only because I don't have the board/drive(s) to test
- them with. Should be a simple matter of adding cat /proc/scsi/sc
- si stuff. But if I can't test it then I cannot, in good con
- scious, write it.
- linHDD acts as a frontend for some basic Linux tools,
- which should all be on your machine already. hdparm gives the de
- tailed drive information shown in the large textbox. Also enables
- testing the HDD read speed in MB/s. df, (which lists mounted de
- vices), mkfs and its relatives for formatting (supporting ext2,
- ext3, reiserfs, xfs, jfs - if they are supported on your ma
- chine.) And cfdisk pops up if you choose to partition a drive.
- For safety and sanity I designed linHDD so that it will not allow
- any partitioning on a mounted Hard Drive. Nor will it allow for
- matting on a mounted partition. And lastly, ANY partitioning or
- formatting must be done as root.
- The program allows any user to view drive space and de
- tailed HDD information, as well as run a read-speed test on any
- drive.
OPTIONS
LINHDD has no options.
SEE ALSO
Website <http://www.pcbypaul.com/software/linHDD.html>
AUTHOR
- LINHDD was written by Paul Sherman <psher
- ma1@rochester.rr.com>.
- This manual page was written by Daniel Baumann <daniel@de
- bian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
- 0.2 2005-12-26