Author: Sean Gibbins Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Replacement hard drive question
Russell Gadd wrote: >
> One thing I miss from my Windows system is a couple of little icons in
> the system tray which show the temperature of each drive in degrees C
> (free utility Dtemp). Just flipped over to Win (dual booted) - drives
> are showing 38 and 39 degrees. Maxtors were in the high 40s (can't
> remember precise figs) - not a real problem but I prefer quiet and cool.
hddtemp will provide you with that info if your drives are supported.
hddtemp can be run as a daemon, and I believe the output can be
integrated into an applet within gnome if that's what you're after.