Re: how much time do I need to run badblocks

[Arno Schuring <aelschuring@hotmail.com>]

Long Wind (longwind2009@gmail.com on 2011-09-23 20:07 +0800):
> I bought a 60G disk and test it with badblocks
> 
> badblocks -vws /dev/hdb
> 
> 6 hours has passed and it's still running

That can happen. My last disk was a 2TB low-rpm disk. It took badblocks
over 50 hours to complete the check.

> 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
badblocks will only output bad blocks. No output means that everything
is fine.

> I have read its manual and get no answer about my question
> 
> I'm still not sure if the disk is reliable

I find smartmontools a better indicator of disk reliability than
badblocks.


Regards,
Arno