Re: how much time do I need to run badblocks
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> You didn't let Badblocks finish! The longest it has taken when I have used it
> was 13 hours - and this was a while ago, so probably a 40G HDD.
>
> Let Badblocks finish, however long it takes, and if it still gives no error
> message, ten all is well. It only reports if there _are_ errors, and not if
> there are not.
>
> Lisi
>
>
i have just found out
that it test 4 patterns
but the manual doesn't include such info
the running badblocks doesn't include them either
(even with -v option)
it seems to me that it will test forever
it really is testing 4th and last pattern
if i knew, i'd not press Ctrl+c
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