On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 03:11:57PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 01/12/08 11:40, Towncat wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I did a >> >> /sbin/badblocks -c 10240 -w -t random -v /dev/sda2 > > Why? Don't you trust brand new disk drives? > >> where sda2 is a 320 gb partition. The process has been running for >> approx 18 hours and is just over three thirds. Is this really supposed >> to be so slow, > > Yes. > >> or is there something wrong? The machine is a Core Duo >> 1,6, 2GB memory. > > CPU speed helps, I guess, but always the important factor in disk activity > is the disk itself. A 10K or 15K RPM FC drive connected to a 4GBps HBA > will do the bad block scan *much* faster than an IDE or SATA drive. thats a bit unfair comparing a 7K to 10K or 15K. personal note I don't think the fc has much to do with it (if its only a bad block scan and there is nothing else happening ) > > -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian > because I hate vegetables!" > unknown > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- "I cut the taxes on everybody. I didn't cut them. The Congress cut them. I asked them to cut them." - George W. Bush 08/06/2004 Washington, DC
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