Diskos - Disk Utility Program for Linux

Diskos is a powerful and user-friendly disk utility program made for Linux, leveraging inbuilt tools like smartctl, fdisk, dd, and badblocks. It allows users to perform a variety of disk-related tasks easily through a menu-driven interface, making it accessible to both beginners and experienced users.

Features

Diskos enables the following disk operations:

• View Disk Status: Check the current status of all mounted disks.
• See Disk Information: Retrieve detailed information about a specific disk.
• See Disk Partition Information: Display partition details of all disks.
• Perform Bad Sector Check: Run a bad block scan on any disk partition.
• SMART Check: Utilize SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) to assess the health of disks.
• Benchmark: Perform benchmarking to assess disk performance.

Installation

Before running Diskos, ensure the required utilities are installed. You will need smartctl, fdisk, dd, and badblocks to fully utilize all of Diskos' features.

To install these tools, you can run:

sudo apt-get install smartmontools fdisk util-linux badblocks

Usage

To run Diskos, follow these steps:

1. Ensure root privileges: Diskos requires administrative privileges to function correctly. Run the script as root using sudo.

   sudo ./diskos.sh