Long Wind ([email protected] on 2011-09-23 20:07 +0800): > I bought a 60G disk and test it with badblocks > > badblocks -vws /dev/hdb > > 6 hours has passed and it's still running
That can happen. My last disk was a 2TB low-rpm disk. It took badblocks over 50 hours to complete the check. > 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 badblocks will only output bad blocks. No output means that everything is fine. > I have read its manual and get no answer about my question > > I'm still not sure if the disk is reliable I find smartmontools a better indicator of disk reliability than badblocks. Regards, Arno -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
