> I bought a 60G disk and test it with badblocks > > badblocks -vws /dev/hdb > > 6 hours has passed and it's still running > I can no longer wait and press Ctrl+c > It have finished with 3 test patterns > It says nothing about whether bad blocks are found or not > I have read its manual and get no answer about my question > > I'm still not sure if the disk is reliable
Please read and follow the advice on the man page and run badblocks from e2fsck (using the -c option). This is a very low level program that takes a lot of time. The time used is processor and drive dependant so 6 hours may be a valid time frame even for a 60Gb drive. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
