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Revision as of 12:57, 4 September 2010 by Dmitri Popov (talk | contribs) (moved Howto/Checking the hard drive temperature to Howto/Monitor Hard Drive Temperature)
The hard drive in your Bubba is the most sensitive part, it is recommended to keep the temperature as low as possible.
All disk drives has built in temperature sensors. One way to check the temperature is to use the application hddtemp.
1. Log in via SSH and become root.
2. Type the command
apt-get install hddtemp
You will get a screen asking for some settings. Following the default choices works good.
3. To check the hard drive temp on the internal disk in Bubba, type:
hddtemp /dev/sda
You will get the temperature as below:
/dev/sda: DW CDW0500AASC0-Z0BU 0: 41 C
...showing 41 degrees celsius.