badblocks -vw

[Mike McCarty]

Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 12:57:24 +0800,
>   Hadders <fedora at workingwithit.com> wrote:
> 
>>Hi all,
>> Just wondering if there's something for friendly to use than badblocks 
>>to test a disk?
> 
> 
> You should be using smartmontools for routine monitoring. badblocks is for
> burn in or extensive testing after a partial failure (as opposed to just
> tossing the drive).

That was basically my response, but that is not what he
is doing. He is testing newly arrived drives, and wants
a quick go/no-go test of the drive. For this, badblocks
is a reasonable way to go.

Mike
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