Re: random bits in badblocks

2014-12-01 Thread Darac Marjal
On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 12:08:35AM +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > The option -t random specifies that "the block should be filled with a > random bit pattern". > > Now, just how random is that bit pattern. > > Does it choose a random byte and fill the entire hard drive with it? If I'm reading th

random bits in badblocks

2014-11-30 Thread Hendrik Boom
The option -t random specifies that "the block should be filled with a random bit pattern". Now, just how random is that bit pattern. Does it choose a random byte and fill the entire hard drive with it? Does it make up a random disk block and write that to the whole disk? Or does each block ge