Long Wind:
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> 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
It would have told you if it had found any.
> I have read its manual and get no answer about my question
The question in your mail's subject? -The answer is: until it has
finished. That might take "some time". The output you get from using -s
should help to get an idea how long it takes.
J.
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