Re: badblocks

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> I got a cheap SATA to USB external adaptor and used it to look at a 500Gb
[...]
> Might I think that there is something amiss with the USB/SATA adapter
> thing ?

In my experience, USB<->SATA adapters are not super-reliable (cheap or
not), the main problem stemming from power delivery, so you might like
to retry it on other USB ports, the more power it can deliver
the better.

[ Obviously, I presume that your adapter does not have its own power
  source.  ]


        Stefan