On 09-11-13 15:12:18, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 15:04:52 -0500, > Tait Clarridge <tait@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 2009-11-14 at 06:33 +1100, L wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I got a disk health warning from palimpsest disk utility "one or > > > more disks failling". It showed this disk has a bad sector. How > > > can I check what partion is the sector located? > > > or any fix? > > > > > > best > > > Y > > > > > > > Backup all data you can and get a new hard drive. That's probably > > thebest solution at this point. > > If you have lots of money that's the recommended solution. > However if it's just one bad sector you may not even be able to RMA > the drive under warranty. > > You can use the smartctl (from smartmontools) to see how many bad > sectors you had had so far and how many of those are pending for > remapping. > > Depending on the file system on the device the following may help you > find out if any of your bad sectors are in files: > http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/badblockhowto.html Also, it can help to enable Automatic Offline Testing (with `smartctl -o on /dev/sdx`), which will scan the disk frequently and will often be able to remap a sector before it becomes unreadable. Removing Palimpsest (gnome-disk-utility) is the most practical way to make it not complain foolishly. Instead, use smartd, from the same package as smartctl (smartmontools); it can be set up to only complain about real problems. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
