hard disk integrity check

Wed Jul 26 16:00:48 UTC 2006

On 06/07/06, bsmith1051 <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
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> 1. badblocks appears to only work on dismounted drives?  Is there any
> way to view the existing block map for already-flagged bad sectors?
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> 2. great suggestion re 'smartmontools' !  now, what does all that stuff
> mean?  For instance, what's the difference between 'pre-fail' and 'old
> age' ?


old age is when the recommend working hours is met. For instance aircraft
like the 747 have a working life of 60,000 hours, it's simailr sort of
meaning with the hard drives, about pre-fail, im not sure about that one,
maybe someone could enlighten all of us, or a google search.
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