chaim.rieger@gmail.com wrote:
> Dmesg
> Smart
> Syslog
>
umount
fsck -c
>
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Rohit khaladkar" <rohit.khaladkar@gmail.com>
>
> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:04:13
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list<redhat-list@redhat.com>
> Subject: Way to figure out data discs going bad.
>
>
> Hi!
> I was wondering if there is a way on Red Hat Linux 5.2 , to figure out if my
> data discs are going bad.
>
> Please let me know.
>
> Thanks!
> Rohit Khaladkar.

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I've always used:

# dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/null bs=512



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From: mark [mailto:m.roth2006@rcn.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 2:59 PM
To: chaim.rieger@gmail.com; General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: Way to figure out data discs going bad.

chaim.rieger@gmail.com wrote:
> Dmesg
> Smart
> Syslog
>
umount
fsck -c
>
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Rohit khaladkar" <rohit.khaladkar@gmail.com>
>
> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:04:13
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list<redhat-list@redhat.com>
> Subject: Way to figure out data discs going bad.
>
>
> Hi!
> I was wondering if there is a way on Red Hat Linux 5.2 , to figure out

> if my data discs are going bad.
>
> Please let me know.
>
> Thanks!
> Rohit Khaladkar.

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On 12/11/08, Walters, Mark <Mark.Walters@mckesson.com> wrote:
>
> I've always used:
>
> # dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/null bs=512
>

dd can choke at the first bad block
i use ddrescue for this instead

# ddrescue /dev/sda /dev/null /var/disclog

it will continue through errors and the above command will give you a
list of errors in a logfile

<http://linux.die.net/man/1/ddrescue>

mike

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And of course the lowly "badblocks"

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Thankyou all. This helps a lot!!

Rohit Khaladkar


On 12/12/08, David Tonhofer <redhatter@m-plify.net> wrote:
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> And of course the lowly "badblocks"
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