On 06/02/2017 06:32 PM, William Mattison wrote:
> I tried badblocks last night.  I didn't realize how long it would take.  
> After over 3 hours, I had to abort it to do something else.
> 
> This morning, I retried it, this time with options to show its progress.  It 
> took between 3 1/2 and 3 3/4 hours.  Here are the results:
> ===============
> bash.3[~]: badblocks -s -v /dev/sda
> Checking blocks 0 to 1953514583
> Checking for bad blocks (read-only test): done                                
>                  
> Pass completed, 0 bad blocks found. (0/0/0 errors)
> bash.4[~]:
> ===============
> I don't think this completely rules out the hard drive as the villain, but 
> it's now less of a suspect.  Am I correct in guessing that the 
> non-destructive read-write option (option "-n") would take over twice as long 
> (7 1/2 or more hours)?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bill.
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It would take about 4 times longer. I believe it reads and writes with 4
different patterns. It will wipe the disk completely.

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Joseph Loo
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