On 11/25/06, Dinesh Joshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Saturday 25 November 2006 18:55, Mohan Nayaka wrote:
> Hi all,
> Is a clean chit from badblocks enough to rule out hard disk damage?
> fsck had earlier reported errors but they were only errors related to
> fs inconsistencies, not hdd errors.
>
> Anything short of a visit to Lamington, I hope.
No need to visit lamington road. Badblocks tells ya if your disk is
damaged physically. If it gives a clean chit then theres nothing wrong.
Yes and No. If you're IDE device is doing the internal re-mapping thingy,
badblocks will be none the wiser. If you're getting fs-inconsistencies
without improper shutdowns, then your hdd is already on a downward
spiral. But, by the time you get around to running badblocks, those may
have already been re-cycled internally and will not show up.
If you're really unlucky (like your's truly :( ) badblocks will never show
anything until one fine day when *block 0* goes bust and there is nothing
the hardware or the software(badblocks/fsck/...) can do about it
Bottomline: a regular constant set of badblocks is not a problem. But
if you frequently get random and senseless filesystem inconsistencies,
then you're in trouble inspite of a clean chit from badblocks.
. farazs
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