On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:44:02 +0100, Vadkan Jozsef wrote: > Besides the badblocks app? > > We have a samsung hdd, that keeps falling out of raid, but there are no > bad blocks on it, according to "badblocks" prog. > > we would like to return it [warranty], but it would be better to find > e.g. bad blocks on it..:\ :D
You can use the manufacturer's tools provided for that same purpose. I dunno for Samsung, but Seagate has SeaTools¹ (only ata/sata) that can be run from a live cd and works with other hard disk brands. ¹ http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org