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Re: [opensuse] badblocks question
  • From: Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:04:21 +0200
  • Message-id: <g3sn55$rap$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Jim Henderson wrote:

Got a drive that's starting to show its age (sadly, at only about 2
years
old!). It's a Maxtor OneTouch drive, which actually contains 2 500 GB
drives and presents via USB as a single storage device.

I started running badblocks on it a couple days ago, and it's still
running. Only 61 bad blocks so far, which is good (4K blocks,
reiserfs filesystem).

Just wondering how long I should expect it to take - is there anything
to help one calculate the run time?

If I were you, I'd run some SMART tests instead. Also check the SMART
error logs. See smartctl. Hmm, not sure if this works over USB.


/Per Jessen, Zürich

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