fsck

[Ben Russo]

Ryan Golhar wrote:
> I've been getting these errors lately on one of my machines:
> 
> WARNING:  Kernel Errors Present
>     I/O error: dev 08:02, sect...:  36Time(s)
>    Additional sense indicates Unrecovered read error - auto
> reallocat...:  36Time(s)
>    Current sd08:02: sense key Medium Error...:  36Time(s)
>    EXT3-fs error (device sd(8,2))...:  36Time(s)
> 
> I ran fsck on it and it found some inconsistencies and fixed them.  Is
> there a way I can scan the drive for bad blocks or something.  I suspect
> the drive is failing from a power outage that occurred -- we're still
> waiting for UPS on these machines.
> 
> Ryan
> 
There is a "badblocks" program, read the manpage carefully.