Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 12:24:27 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: check for badblocks in hd Message-ID: <oa0g515bp7galcvm7f2dgopk2jc5407rtp@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <44br8o3ru7.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20050409142457.83187.qmail@web31807.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <44br8o3ru7.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On 09 Apr 2005 11:14:24 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: >Paulo Roberto <nirv199@yahoo.com> writes: > >> I read the newfs man page but I couldn't find anything related to bad >> block checking. Is there a tool for doing it? > >Modern disks handle bad blocks internally, so they are not visible to >the operating system (until the disk is almost dead, anyway). There >are usually manufacturer tools for looking at it more closely, but by >and large, if you know you have bad blocks, it's time to get a new >disk. There is a FAQ entry on this, with considerably more >information. =20 Also if you are using 5.x, see the port=20 /usr/ports/sysutils/smartmontools/ It can give you all sorts of info about your hard drive ---Mike -------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, Sentex communications http://www.sentex.net Providing Internet Access since 1994 mike@sentex.net, (http://www.tancsa.com)
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