Subject: Re: HDD - SMART status
To: Xavier HUMBERT <xavier.humbert@xavhome.fr.eu.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: current-users
Date: 04/27/2003 18:39:42
On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 06:18:51PM +0200, Xavier HUMBERT wrote:
> jbernard@mines.edu (Jim Bernard)
> >   FWIW, I have an IBM 60gxp drive that develops a new bad block or two about
> > every 6 months. 
> 
> While we're talking about that, besides checking SMART status, is it a
> good idea to "dd if=/dev/rwd0 of=/dev/null conv=noerror" let's say in
> weekly.local, to ensure data integrity ?

If we want to do that, I suspect we'll need a better tool.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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