[linux-help] Re: disk surface problems?

[phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd sent this earlier but it didn't come thru.

is there a utility that can work with badblocks to swap out
the data on a block.
then swap the data back after the -w (read/write) test.



Jonathan Hall wrote:
> 
> It may be good to note that badblocks is not fool-proof.  If you have a HD
> error that only surfaces occasionally (no pun intended), badblocks may not
> find it.
> 
> I had a situation, once where I had several HDs in one system... they didn't
> get enough power all the time.  Sometimes they would work fine, other times
> they would give all sorts of errors.  When I ran badblocks, it *always* gave
> me a list of different bad blocks... :-)
> 
> Anyway... moral of the story is... don't always trust diagnostic software.
> 
> But, if badblocks didn't find any errors, you're *probably* safe to assume
> your problem lies elsewhere.

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