badblocks -vw

[Mike McCarty]

Hadders wrote:
> I like to test new disks that show up through the courier, especially 
> when they weren't well packaged (like these ones)

Oh, that's different, then. It makes perfect sense to do that sort
of quick pass/fail test.

> The manufacturer tests them, for themselves, but once they leave there, 
> who knows what abuse they can suffer.
> I figure a small home test to detect an obvious fault is worth doing off 
> the mark. After that... who knows.
> 
> Usually disks for me have failed in the first month of continuous 
> operation.  I have been sent disks that had errors with badblocks off 
> the mark too.

Infant mortality is a real phenomenon.

Mike
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