Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>]

On 9/20/20 11:53 PM, David Christensen wrote:

> On 2020-09-20 01:40, Reco wrote:
> >     Hi.
>
> Hello.  :-)
>
>
> > On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 01:32:47AM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> > > On 2020-09-20 00:49, Long Wind wrote:
> > > >       On Sunday, September 20, 2020, 2:15:21 PM GMT+8, David 
> > > > Christensen
> > > > First, backup your data.
> > > > Please run the following command and post your complete console 
> > > > session
> > > > -- prompt, command, output.  Substitute DISKID as appropriate:
> > > >
> > > >       # smartctl -x /dev/disk/by-id/DISKID
> > >
> > > Thank you for posting the smartctl report.  I don't see any obvious 
> > > problems.
> >
> > I do. First, drive does not have any bad sectors,
> >
> > 197 Current_Pending_Sector  -O--C-   100   100   000    -    0
> > 198 Offline_Uncorrectable   ----C-   100   100   000    -    0
>
> Yes.
I'd also do a smartctl -A and look at the raw read errors. Depending on 
the disk manufacturer, that can be a good indicator that there's a 
failing sector, and the drive is doing lots of reads before it can 
actually access the data in a block or sector.


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