Re: smartctl vs cat
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 02:58:19AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Hugh Saunders <hugh@mjr.org> [2003.03.14.0221 +0100]:
> > can anyone explain why the cat worked?
>
> it is entirely possible that reads work fine, just that writes don't
> stick. so say a given byte is 0xcf and when you read it, you get
> 0xcf, but when you write 0x45 to it, it either remains as 0xcf
> or goes to something whacky like 0x9e or whatever.
that makes sense, i hadnt considered that cat only tests reading.
> if S.M.A.R.T. says the disk is dying, get the data off. you did
> that. good. now get a new disk.
will do!
hugh
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