| Stephen Gran on 1 Jul 2005 13:51:30 -0000 |
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On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 09:38:47AM -0400, Dan Goodman said: > <apologies for not top-posting> > Eric Hidle wrote: > > >The last time I saw seek complete errors on a drive, it failed completely > >not long thereafter. That is but one datapoint though, so I am not sure how > >helpful that is. > > > >Do you have smartd running? If your drive supports SMART, you can get a > >plethora of information there that might help as well.. > >E > > > > Mea culpa, new to these parts, I confess to only rapidly perusing the FAQ, > have not RTFM. But can anybody comment on whether or not Linux supports bad > block marking and relocation? Take a look at the badblocks command. It does this, although I believe it is more of a helper for the disk, rather than the OS, if you see what I mean. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | Yeah, there are more important things | | steve@lobefin.net | in life than money, but they won't go | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | out with you if you don't have any. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment:
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