Re: how much time do I need to run badblocks

[mark@neidorff.com]

> I bought a 60G disk and test it with badblocks
>
> badblocks -vws /dev/hdb
>
> 6 hours has passed and it's still running
> I can no longer wait and press Ctrl+c
> It have finished with 3 test patterns
> It says nothing about whether bad blocks are found or not
> I have read its manual and get no answer about my question
>
> I'm still not sure if the disk is reliable

Please read and follow the advice on the man page and run badblocks from
e2fsck (using the -c option).  This is a very low level program that takes
a lot of time.  The time used is processor and drive dependant so 6 hours
may be a valid time frame even for a 60Gb drive.

Mark