On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 12:57:24 +0800, Hadders <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > Just wondering if there's something for friendly to use than badblocks > to test a disk? You should be using smartmontools for routine monitoring. badblocks is for burn in or extensive testing after a partial failure (as opposed to just tossing the drive). > Just doing a 'badblocks -vw /dev/sda' and it does 5 passes to ensure > it's good, but it doesn't tell you where it's at.... I think the -s option helps with this. > Does anybody use anything other than this to test a disk? > Bought two new SATAII disks and want to make sure they're good before I > start using them. You might need a more recent version of smartmontools than what currently comes with Fedora to handle sata disks.
