Jernej Vodopivec wrote: > forgot to cc: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jernej Vodopivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Aug 23, 2005 11:45 AM > Subject: Re: Complete disk disaster > To: Ramiro Aceves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On 8/23/05, Ramiro Aceves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>...Do you know of any disk test or utility program that can stress the disk >>to work hard until it fails? >> > > try badblocks - I don't know if it is ported on OpenBSD but you can > find it on knoppix cd > > Jernej > >
Hello Jernej I have just ran the "badblocks" utility from my Debian GNU/Linux on the master disk. Before, I made a copy of the OpenBSD disk just in case someone wants info. I have done several write-read test passes with random bytes. Each pass takes some time. At the moment it did not find any bad block. But as with every test package, it does not imply that the disk is ok. :-( I was unlucky and for some reason the disk failed and corrupted data. I do not trust on this disk anymore. I am going to have a full night disk testing with "badblocks" just to see what happens. Tomorrow I will install OpenBSD again and start stressing the disk to see. Many thanks to all. Ramiro.
