On 01/11/2013 04:55 AM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > Suggestions on other testing that might be done, or why > badblocks would be reporting various errors. What has worked for me is to simply use smartctl. I had a script which runs once a day which simply reads and records the number of reallocated sectors on a disk. If there is a significant increase over the last time it sends me an email. It has predicted dying disks. -- Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. -- Rick Cook, The Wizardry Compiled -- 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
