On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 01:33:55 +0200 Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Am 27.10.2012 01:29, schrieb Steven Stern: > > Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 8 Offline uncorrectable sectors > > Smartctl tells me the problem is at LBA 2014551336 (this is a 2TB disk) > > sounds bad > > > Here's the question: If I just reformat and restore /home from a > > recent backup, will the disk automatically deal with the sectors > > pending reallocation? > > REALLY: throw away the disk and do not restore backups to it Rubbish. If you powered down a drive which was writing then in obscure cases some drives will fail to complete the sector. The next time you write to that logical block it will either rewrite it successfully and fix the problem or it will map another sector to it. Quite different to physical damage. In almost every case in fact a journaled file system will just keep on working fine because any problem with data still 'live' that was being written will be fixed by the journal replay. Alan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
