Re: Scsi errors with Megaraid 300-8x

[Justin Piszcz]

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, Johan Groth wrote:

> Justin Piszcz wrote:
> > Nope, r+w will write over everything on the disk, but I have found -the- 
> > most effective way to see if a disk is good or not.  I'd rather have the 
> > disk die to that test rather than using it in production and finding it 
> > dies with my data on it.
>
> Hmm, we both should read the man page of badblocks a bit better :).
> I found this:
>
> -n     Use non-destructive read-write mode.  By default only a 
> non-destructive read-only test is done. This option must not be combined with 
> the -w option, as they are mutually exclusive.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Johan

I have not tested that option.  I wonder if it is as good as a real R+W 
mode.  What does smartctl -a /dev/sda say on the disk that you are having 
problems with?
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