On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 at 19:53, Alexander V. Makartsev <avbe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> To perform surface scans you can use SMART short and long scans, and also a > program called "badblocks" from the package "e2fsprogs". > Be sure to unmount "/dev/sda1" before performing the scans. Hi, I wonder why you give this advice to unmount. Are you aware of a smartmontools reference document that gives this advice? If not using captive mode --captive option then I feel it is unnecessary. If using captive mode then I would suggest to unmount the entire drive, not just one partition. This is my casual understanding, corrections with authoritative sources are welcome.
