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[ale] what exactly does a long smart hdd test do?
- Subject: [ale] what exactly does a long smart hdd test do?
- From: mike at trausch.us (mike at trausch.us)
- Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 18:28:41 -0400
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On 05/11/2012 07:54 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> Try badblocks in Linux. NOTE: that is dangerous to use on a mounted system.
You can use it in read-only mode on a mounted system, but with reduced
effectiveness. In that mode, it will fail to detect various errors that
could be hidden by the particular data stored in the block.
--- Mike
--
A man who reasons deliberately, manages it better after studying Logic
than he could before, if he is sincere about it and has common sense.
--- Carveth Read, ?Logic?
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