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.
But may I inquire how did you run badblocks?
init 1
umount /
badblocks -nsv /dev/hdb # non-destructive r/w test
Regards,
Mohan S N
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