[ubuntu-us-in] hard drive tools* ssh ftp suggestions

[Keith Karnafel]

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Simón Ruiz <simon.a.ruiz at gmail.com> wrote:

> I dunno, DD dies with an "Input/Output error" anywhere in those 4096
> bytes. Also, it's incredibly slower at extracting data from any and
> every other sector.
>
> It's on the way out, physically.
>
> I haven't looked at smartmontools...I see it's meant to help predict
> drive failures. Can it help after the failure? :-)
>
> Simón
>

http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/badblockhowto.html

You're right in that it helps determine what the problem is and then you
remap/reallocate/ignore the problem blocks or sectors. '"low level solution"

-K
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