Kern> Yes, it is clear that one can do read-only tests that do not destroy Kern> data. However, in this case, it seems to me more useful to do Kern> read/write (it is actually write/read) tests as it appears that the Kern> problem is more likely in the write ...
Absolutely. And hopefully, this way you don't corrupt the existing data on the disk, but you do force the disk to do a low level re-allocation of bad blocks and sectors. But if you are seeing bad blocks on the disk, then it's time to start thinking about retiring it. Kern> I have never heard of a non-destructive read/write test, which I assume Kern> reads then rewrites the disk. Although that is clever and could be Kern> useful, in this case it sounds to me risky on a disk that seems to be Kern> failing. Kern> Best regards, Kern> Kern Kern> On 06/29/2014 09:04 PM, John Stoffel wrote: Kern> 3. Run read/write disk tests on your USB disk (note: this will Kern> destroy any existing data). >> >> This isn't quite right. You can run read-write tests on a quiescent >> filesystem (ie unmounted) without problems: >> >> badblocks -svn /dev/sd? >> >> will scan the entire disk using non-destructive read-write mode. But >> as Kern said, check your logs as well. >> >> John >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
