Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

Long Wind writes: > Test the Seagate ST3320311CS using the ThinkCentre and Seagate SeaTools > Bootable. > > it has only exe file, no iso file, you need Windows > https://www.seagate.com/files/old-support-files/seatools/USBbootSetup-SeaToolsBootable.zip Actually 7zip can extract the files from t

Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

On 2020-09-22 06:04, David Wright wrote: On Tue 22 Sep 2020 at 10:06:46 (+), Long Wind wrote: On Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 2:45:30 AM EDT, David Christensen wrote: https://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/ it has only exe file, no iso file, you need Windows You p

Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

On 2020-09-22 03:06, Long Wind wrote: On Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 2:45:30 AM EDT, David Christensen wrote: Seagate SeaTools Bootable is a USB flash drive live Linux distribution with an app for testing Seagate products.  Microsoft Windows is not required: https://www.seagate.com/

Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

i've removed it from hp to thinkcentre, and > easily created FS. its problem with hp won't be solved by tool from seagate. > i'll just use it in thinkcentre. > Thank Reco for educational post on bad sector!i've just read it and found it > instructive. You picke

Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

On 2020-09-21 21:41, Long Wind wrote: seagate's new tool is for Windows, i've not used Windows for long timei've read their guide for old tool, its function look like smart tooli'm afraid  it won't be helpful to my diagnosis effort Seagate SeaTools Bootable is a USB flash drive live Linux di

Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

blem disk seem to have less trouble  with my more modern ThinkCentrewhich supports sata2 Thank Miles,  problem disk doesn't have bad sector after all root@debian:~# /sbin/smartctl -A /dev/sdb smartctl 6.6 2017-11-05 r4594 [i686-linux-4.19.0-10-686] (local build) Copyright (C

Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

On Sunday, September 20, 2020, 4:33:21 PM GMT+8, David Christensen Go through the test, wipe, and re-test process with Seatools Bootable: https://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/ David

Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

On 9/20/20 11:53 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 2020-09-20 01:40, Reco wrote: Hi. Hello.  :-) On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 01:32:47AM -0700, David Christensen wrote: On 2020-09-20 00:49, Long Wind wrote:   On Sunday, September 20, 2020, 2:15:21 PM GMT+8, David Christensen First, bac

Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

Hi. On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 08:53:20PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > > Second, > > > > SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11) > > ID Size Value Description > > 0x000a 22 Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET > > 0x0001 20 Command fai

Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

On 2020-09-20 01:40, Reco wrote: Hi. Hello. :-) On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 01:32:47AM -0700, David Christensen wrote: On 2020-09-20 00:49, Long Wind wrote: On Sunday, September 20, 2020, 2:15:21 PM GMT+8, David Christensen First, backup your data. Please run the following comma

Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

On 9/19/20 10:37 PM, Long Wind wrote: i'm creating FS on problem disk though it has passed short and long tests by smart tool i meet bad sector, mkfs complains forever Ctrl+C can't kill it, what should i do NOW?? [ 2719.089156] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action

Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

Long Wind wrote: > Thank David and Reco!data cable isn't marked with 3Gbps, but it works fine > with other 300G disk it's easy to buy sata2 data cable, but does mainboard > support sata2?can't sata2 disk work compatibly in old pc that supports > sata1 only?it's too bad if it can't. i've left home

Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

Hi. On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 01:32:47AM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-09-20 00:49, Long Wind wrote: > > On Sunday, September 20, 2020, 2:15:21 PM GMT+8, David Christensen > > First, backup your data. > > Please run the following command and post your complete console sessio

Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

On 2020-09-20 00:49, Long Wind wrote: On Sunday, September 20, 2020, 2:15:21 PM GMT+8, David Christensen First, backup your data. Please run the following command and post your complete console session -- prompt, command, output.  Substitute DISKID as appropriate:     # smartctl -x /dev

Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

Hi. On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 02:37:32AM +, Long Wind wrote: > i'm creating FS on problem disk > though it has passed short and long tests by smart tooli meet bad sector, > mkfs complains foreverCtrl+C can't kill it, what should i do NOW?? > [ 2719.089156] at

Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

On 2020-09-19 19:37, Long Wind wrote: i'm creating FS on problem disk though it has passed short and long tests by smart tooli meet bad sector, mkfs complains foreverCtrl+C can't kill it, what should i do NOW?? [ 2719.089156] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action

Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

Long Wind wrote: > i'm creating FS on problem disk > though it has passed short and long tests by smart tooli meet bad sector, > mkfs complains foreverCtrl+C can't kill it, what should i do NOW?? > [ 2719.089156] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x

Re: linux isn't robust enough to handle bad sector??

On Saturday 19 September 2020 22:37:32 Long Wind wrote: > i'm creating FS on problem disk > though it has passed short and long tests by smart tooli meet bad > sector, mkfs complains foreverCtrl+C can't kill it, what should i do > NOW?? [ 2719.089156] ata4.00: exception E

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 14:27, David Wright wrote: > Moral: always see what very large numbers look like in hex. Great tip, thanks!

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Sun 30 Aug 2020 at 08:02:24 (+1000), David wrote: > On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 at 19:51, Long Wind wrote: > > > sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda1 > [...] > > 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 068 000 Old_age Always - 403733086445 > > That result does not look good. It should be a low number. I wouldn't take

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

On Wed 02 Sep 2020 at 18:31:43 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > While storage in a file fine for trivial passwords such as those for > social sites storing important ones on the computer is a bad idea, > encrypted or not. So is copying and pasting them. Storing passords on paper in the clear ok, but

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

While storage in a file fine for trivial passwords such as those for social sites storing important ones on the computer is a bad idea, encrypted or not. So is copying and pasting them. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 08:38:41PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Wed 02 Sep 2020 at 11:34:27 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > > tomas writes: > > > When a passphrase is long (16) I keep a little scrap until it is > > > memorized. > > > > I just follow Bruce Schneier's advice and write all of my (random)

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

On Wed 02 Sep 2020 at 11:34:27 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > tomas writes: > > When a passphrase is long (16) I keep a little scrap until it is > > memorized. > > I just follow Bruce Schneier's advice and write all of my (random) > passwords down. I end up memorizing the ones I use most, though.

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

tomas writes: > When a passphrase is long (16) I keep a little scrap until it is > memorized. I just follow Bruce Schneier's advice and write all of my (random) passwords down. I end up memorizing the ones I use most, though. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 09:20:18AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, September 02, 2020 03:34:30 AM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > The thing is... I didn't know I can easily memorize that until I > > tried! It's like getting up early without an alarm clock. If you > > trust yourself, it

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

On Wednesday, September 02, 2020 05:16:12 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 01 sep 20, 19:39:53, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > That can be a good approach, but a modern approach seems to be tending > > towards multiple whole words, e.g. "book swimming Wednesday conduct" > > (all together as a passw

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

On Wednesday, September 02, 2020 03:34:30 AM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > The thing is... I didn't know I can easily memorize that until I > tried! It's like getting up early without an alarm clock. If you > trust yourself, it kind of magically works. Until you (and/or your brain reach a certain age

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Sb, 29 aug 20, 21:03:54, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Uh, I have to ask. Or maybe I came into the middle of what has become a > boring thread? > > dd is a whole device writer, but his command line is to an existing > partition? His command line should not have had the 1 according to my > thinkin

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

On Ma, 01 sep 20, 19:39:53, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > That can be a good approach, but a modern approach seems to be tending > towards > multiple whole words, e.g. "book swimming Wednesday conduct" (all together as > a password. > > A password like this can be easier for a person to rememb

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 11:30:44AM +1200, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > On 02/09/2020 06:42, Mike McClain wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 09:41:06PM +, Long Wind wrote: > > > >>my memory is poor, i can't remember many accounts and passwords > > The more experience you have the harder it is

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

On 9/1/20 17:39, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tuesday, September 01, 2020 02:42:50 PM Mike McClain wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 09:41:06PM +, Long Wind wrote: >> >> >>> my memory is poor, i can't remember many accounts and passwords >> >> The more experience you have the harder i

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

On Tuesday, September 01, 2020 02:42:50 PM Mike McClain wrote: > On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 09:41:06PM +, Long Wind wrote: > > > > my memory is poor, i can't remember many accounts and passwords > > The more experience you have the harder it is to find the > memory you're searching for. Tha

Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

On 02/09/2020 06:42, Mike McClain wrote: On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 09:41:06PM +, Long Wind wrote: my memory is poor, i can't remember many accounts and passwords The more experience you have the harder it is to find the memory you're searching for. That's my story and I'm sticking to it

passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 09:41:06PM +, Long Wind wrote: > my memory is poor, i can't remember many accounts and passwords The more experience you have the harder it is to find the memory you're searching for. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Mnemonics can make passwords relativ

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Tue, 1 Sep 2020 at 12:15, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 21:41:06 + (UTC) Long Wind > wrote: > >On Monday, August 31, 2020, 12:24:54 PM EDT, Patrick Bartek > > wrote: > > My solution to all this has been to delete all my Yahoo accounts and be > > done with Yahoo. Curr

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 21:41:06 + (UTC) Long Wind wrote: >On Monday, August 31, 2020, 12:24:54 PM EDT, Patrick Bartek > wrote: > > My solution to all this has been to delete all my Yahoo accounts and be > done with Yahoo.  Currently, I have only one account left which I'll be > keeping

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Monday, August 31, 2020, 12:24:54 PM EDT, Patrick Bartek wrote: My solution to all this has been to delete all my Yahoo accounts and be done with Yahoo.  Currently, I have only one account left which I'll be keeping for a few months until I can switch all the contacts over to the new ema

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 05:46:52AM +, Long Wind wrote: it's unbelievable that both tests passed i've installed debian to it some time ago, it failed today i install fedora from usb stick while waiting for copying i'm doing something else, not paying attention to pc screen. suddenly i find tha

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:04:46 +0100 Darac Marjal wrote: > On 31/08/2020 14:18, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > On 30/08/2020 19:02, Long Wind wrote: > >> On Sunday, August 30, 2020, 10:20:53 AM EDT, Charles Curley > >> wrote: > >>> Yahoo mail is broken. I encourage Mr. Wind to get another mai

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On 31/08/2020 14:18, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On 30/08/2020 19:02, Long Wind wrote: >> On Sunday, August 30, 2020, 10:20:53 AM EDT, Charles Curley >> wrote: >>> Yahoo mail is broken. I encourage Mr. Wind to get another mail reader. >> >> >> i don't have choice. gmail is blocked in china. i'v

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On 30/08/2020 19:02, Long Wind wrote: > On Sunday, August 30, 2020, 10:20:53 AM EDT, Charles Curley > wrote: >> Yahoo mail is broken. I encourage Mr. Wind to get another mail reader. > > > > i don't have choice. gmail is blocked in china. i've tried some free > chinese mail provider, they block

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Sunday, August 30, 2020, 10:06:55 PM EDT, Charles Curley wrote: Not good. Proton mail? https://protonmail.com/ Anyone got any other suggestions? Thank Charles,  Proton mail isn't blocked here now. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://cha

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 22:02:21 + (UTC) Long Wind wrote: > i don't have choice. gmail is blocked in china. i've tried some free > chinese mail provider, they block debian list. (i've sent > subscription request thru their mail service, then nothing happened) Not good. Proton mail? https://prot

Re: Top-posting (was Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 09:14:16 -0700 Charlie Gibbs wrote: > If someone can't be bothered to take the time to write a readable > message, I can't be bothered to take the time to decipher it. On the other tentacle, this sort of thing is usually the province of newbies. I think it would help to refer

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On 30.08.20 03:03, Gene Heskett wrote: On Saturday 29 August 2020 20:39:29 Marco Möller wrote: On 30.08.20 00:01, Long Wind wrote: (...) [liveuser@localhost-live ~]$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1 bs=8M status=progress (...) 14386462720 bytes (14 GB, 13

Top-posting (was Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 16:30:01 +0200 Charles Curley wrote: > On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 14:02:48 + > Andy Smith wrote: > >> Between your top posting and the HTML mails, I find it very >> difficult to read your emails so I mostly haven't bothered. > > Hear, hear. My sentiments exactly. > > Yahoo mail

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 14:02:48 + Andy Smith wrote: > Between your top posting and the HTML mails, I find it very > difficult to read your emails so I mostly haven't bothered. Hear, hear. My sentiments exactly. Yahoo mail is broken. I encourage Mr. Wind to get another mail reader. -- Does an

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

Hello, On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 12:00:38AM +, Long Wind wrote: > top-posting is default behavior of yahoo mail. i don't know why > it's inconvenient for some list users. I wouldn't normally bother to mention¹ but since you seem to be pushing back on this… Between your top posting and the HTML

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 09:03:54PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: [...] > dd is a whole device writer, but his command line is to an existing > partition? No. 'dd' doesn't care. How/why should it? It can write to whatever is supposed to be organized as a sequence of blocks. I.e. a block device (whi

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On 30/8/20 10:39 am, Marco Möller wrote: [liveuser@localhost-live ~]$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1 bs=8M status=progress Um. my reading of the original question is that he Long tried to install onto /dev/sdb. Why are we blanking part of /dev/sda? W

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Saturday 29 August 2020 22:01:03 Long Wind wrote: >On Saturday, August 29, 2020, 9:04:17 PM EDT, Gene Heskett > wrote: > > Uh, I have to ask. Or maybe I came into the middle of what has become > a boring thread? > > dd is a whole device writer, but his command line is to an existing > par

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Saturday 29 August 2020 20:39:29 Marco Möller wrote: > On 30.08.20 00:01, Long Wind wrote: > (...) > > > [liveuser@localhost-live ~]$ sudo > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1 bs=8M status=progress > > (...) > > > 14386462720 bytes (14 GB, 13 GiB) copied, 151.001 s,

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On 30.08.20 00:01, Long Wind wrote: (...) [liveuser@localhost-live ~]$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1 bs=8M status=progress (...) 14386462720 bytes (14 GB, 13 GiB) copied, 151.001 s, 95.3 MB/s dd: error writing '/dev/sda1': No space left on device 1719+0 reco

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 at 10:04, Long Wind wrote: > On Saturday, August 29, 2020, 7:31:03 PM EDT, David > wrote: >> Many people have requested: >> CAN YOU PLEASE STOP TOP-POSTING. >> >> This means "please stop writing your reply at the top >> of the message". [...] >> Explained here: >> https://

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Saturday, August 29, 2020, 7:31:03 PM EDT, David wrote: On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 at 09:08, Long Wind wrote: > where does /var/log/installer/syslog reside? > on the problem disk? In the filesystem of the new installation. > but i've just erased with command suggested by Marco: > sudo dd

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 at 09:08, Long Wind wrote: > where does /var/log/installer/syslog reside? > on the problem disk? In the filesystem of the new installation. > but i've just erased with command suggested by Marco: > sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1 bs=8M status=progress It appears that you

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 at 19:51, Long Wind wrote: > sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda1 [...] > 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 068 000 Old_age Always - 403733086445 That result does not look good. It should be a low number.

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 at 15:48, Long Wind wrote: > it's unbelievable that both tests passed > i've installed debian to it some time ago, it failed > today i install fedora from usb stick > while waiting for copying i'm doing something else, not paying attention to > pc screen. suddenly i find that

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 05:46:52 + (UTC) Long Wind wrote: > === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === > SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 > Num  Test_Description    Status  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  > LBA_of_first_error > # 1  Extended offline    Completed without

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On 29.08.20 14:20, Long Wind wrote: it pass write test!  i really don't know where installation go wrong. After the disk itself seems to not cause the problem, at least not because of bad blocks, confirm that the data highways on your motherboard and any involved data caches are all still ope

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On 29.08.20 10:18, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: On 29.08.2020 07:59, Long Wind wrote: installation of linux to sdb1 fails i believe hard disk has bad sector If hard drive has bad sectors or recently encountered them, information about this should be noted to hard drive's SMART

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

> installation of linux to sdb1 fails > i believe hard disk has bad sector > If hard drive has bad sectors or recently encountered them, information > about this should be noted to hard drive's SMART table. > Alternatively, you can use "badblocks" program from "e2fsprog

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On 29.08.2020 07:59, Long Wind wrote: > installation of linux to sdb1 fails > i believe hard disk has bad sector If hard drive has bad sectors or recently encountered them, information about this should be noted to hard drive's SMART table. Alternatively, you can use "badbloc

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 at 15:48, Long Wind wrote: > > === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === > SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 > Num Test_DescriptionStatus Remaining LifeTime(hours) > LBA_of_first_error > # 1 Extended offlineCompleted without error

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 at 13:00, Long Wind wrote: Subject: how to test disk for bad sector > i believe hard disk has bad sector # smartctl -t short /dev/ # smartctl -t long /dev/ # smartctl -l selftest /dev/ Documentation: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SMART https://en.wikipedia.org/w

Re: how to test disk for bad sector

On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 02:59:53 + (UTC) Long Wind wrote: > installation of linux to sdb1 failsi believe hard disk has bad sectori use > e2fsck with -c, i.e. read-only testit doesn't  report any error How does install fail? Which version of Debian did you try to install? Did you read Installat

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:17:14 +1000, yudi v wrote: > Got a reply back from WD asking me to return the drive, I wiped the > drive and tested the drive to see if it will throw up errors. > > Again, both the WD tool and the Debian disk utility do not report any > bad sectors. > > Can anyone explain

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

Got a reply back from WD asking me to return the drive, I wiped the drive and tested the drive to see if it will throw up errors. Again, both the WD tool and the Debian disk utility do not report any bad sectors. Can anyone explain what's going on? -- Kind regards, Yudi

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

On 11/09/11 23:27, consul tores wrote: > Adding Slackware test information: > > bash-4.1# fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

On 11/09/11 22:58, consul tores wrote: > 2011/9/11 Scott Ferguson : >> On 11/09/11 15:38, consul tores wrote: >>> >>> 2011/9/10 yudi v: >> >> -- Kind regards, Yudi >>> >>> I think that, it is a problem with Squeeze fdisk+GPT; please try >>> cfdisk, it seems updated. >>> >>> >> >>

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

Adding Slackware test information: bash-4.1# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 byte

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

2011/9/11 Scott Ferguson : > On 11/09/11 15:38, consul tores wrote: >> >> 2011/9/10 yudi v: > > >>> >>> -- >>> Kind regards, >>> Yudi >> >> I think that, it is a problem with Squeeze fdisk+GPT; please try >> cfdisk, it seems updated. >> >> > > Yudi is not using GPT. Ooops, it should says: Squeeze

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

On 11/09/11 20:20, Andrew McGlashan wrote: Scott Ferguson wrote: Where did you get a version of cfdisk that is installable on normal Debian system? Umm, it is on my old lenny box and it is on my new squeeze box. I didn't do anything special to install it. Most installs that I do are minimal ba

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

Scott Ferguson wrote: Where did you get a version of cfdisk that is installable on normal Debian system? Umm, it is on my old lenny box and it is on my new squeeze box. I didn't do anything special to install it. Most installs that I do are minimal base installs to start with. -- Kind Reg

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

> > cfdisk and fdisk are both part of (upstream) util-linux-ng[*1], so both > handle large sectors the same. In Squeeze they are both (currently) at > 2.17.2-9. > > I used gparted-live-0.8.1-3 (debian based with 2.6.38 kernel) to partition it, I believe util-linux version on this image is 2.19. The

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

On 11/09/11 15:38, consul tores wrote: 2011/9/10 yudi v: -- Kind regards, Yudi I think that, it is a problem with Squeeze fdisk+GPT; please try cfdisk, it seems updated. Yudi is not using GPT. cfdisk and fdisk are both part of (upstream) util-linux-ng[*1], so both handle large sectors

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

On 10/09/11 15:51, consul tores wrote: 2011/9/9 yudi v: I would simply request for a hard disk replacement, you will rest more relaxed after that :-) I will definitely ask for a replacement as it's still under warranty but I want to make sure it's not a software issue. -- Kind regards, Yudi

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

On 11/09/11 14:09, yudi v wrote: d-i uses parted (partman). NOTE: neither fdisk or parted is the cause of your original problem... This is what I thought. I suspect it's got something to do with the kernel. I am just using the default Sqeeze kernel 2.6.32-5-686. I'm unable to advice as

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

2011/9/10 yudi v : > d-i uses parted (partman). >> >> I know the first release of Squeeze failed to properly align 4K sectors >> with partitions - but using the udeb from Wheezy fixed that for me - it >> could be fixed in a previous point release, and, it could be just a DOS >> partition table issu

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

d-i uses parted (partman). > I know the first release of Squeeze failed to properly align 4K sectors > with partitions - but using the udeb from Wheezy fixed that for me - it > could be fixed in a previous point release, and, it could be just a DOS > partition table issue (what I used in that inst

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

On 10/09/11 18:22, yudi v wrote: Use GPD instead of DOS partition types, *and* use parted instead of fdisk. I used fdisk to partition the disk before installing the OS. d-i uses parted (partman). I know the first release of Squeeze failed to properly align 4K sectors with partitions

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

> Use GPD instead of DOS partition types, *and* use parted instead of fdisk. > I used fdisk to partition the disk before installing the OS. Just to make sure all the partitions started on the physical sector boundaries. The fdisk output posted above looks fine, doesn't it? I followed this article

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

On 10/09/11 16:39, yudi v wrote: Have you tried # parted -l, fdisk works with cylinders. here's the parted output: Model: ATA WDC WD7500BPKT-6 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 750GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: msdos Sorry:- fdisk can't deal with *non-*4096B sectors.

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

On 10/09/11 16:39, yudi v wrote: Have you tried # parted -l, fdisk works with cylinders. here's the parted output: Model: ATA WDC WD7500BPKT-6 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 750GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B -- Kind regards, Yudi fdisk can't deal with non-4096B sectors. It

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

> Have you tried # parted -l, fdisk works with cylinders. > here's the parted output: Model: ATA WDC WD7500BPKT-6 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 750GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End SizeType File system Flags 1 1049kB 53.7GB 53.

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

2011/9/9 yudi v : > I would simply request for a hard disk replacement, >> >> you will rest more relaxed after that :-) > > I will definitely ask for a replacement as it's still under warranty but I > want to make sure it's not a software issue. > -- > Kind regards, > Yudi Have you tried # parted

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

> > I would just return-back the unit. It is clearly new (less than 400 hours > of use!) and should not throw any error nor message about its SMART > health. This does not have to mean a bad drive per se, of course, but > better safe than sorry. If a new unit still fails, I would recheck the > cabl

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:47:58 +1000, yudi v wrote: > smartctl -a /dev/sda output > Device Model: WDC WD7500BPKT-60PK4T0 (...) Fiuu!... it's a WD :-P > Error 669 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 312 hours (13 days + 0 > hours) > When the command that caused the error occurred, the devi

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

smartctl -a /dev/sda output smartctl 5.40 2010-07-12 r3124 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: WDC WD7500BPKT-60PK4T0 Serial Number:WD-WX31E1177192 Firmware Version:

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

I would simply request for a hard disk replacement, > you will rest more relaxed after that :-) > I will definitely ask for a replacement as it's still under warranty but I want to make sure it's not a software issue. -- Kind regards, Yudi

Re: Hard drive bad sector warning

On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:50:39 +1000, yudi v wrote: > Disk utility tells that there are bad sectors on the new hard drive. "New" driver with bad sectors? What is the output of "smartctl -a /dev/sda" > I had the same issue before and I was about to send it back to get it > replaced. I wrote rand

Hard drive bad sector warning

Disk utility tells that there are bad sectors on the new hard drive. I had the same issue before and I was about to send it back to get it replaced. I wrote random data to the drive and then checked once more to make sure it had bad sectors. This time Disk utility came back saying that the drive i

Re: copy files on drive with bad sector

On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 01:41:36PM +0800, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > Is there any program like midnight commander that i can use to copy files > from a disk drive with bad sector to another disk. The source disk drive is > readable but a few files happens to be on bad sectors and copying w

Re: copy files on drive with bad sector

found a program on windows that can transfer files and skip the one in bad sector with commander-like interface and I was just thinking that there might be one quite similar too available for GNU/Linux system. I just hate to install that dreaded operating system just to do this one simple thing

Re: copy files on drive with bad sector

Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > Is there any program like midnight commander that i can use to copy > files from a disk drive with bad sector to another disk. The source > disk drive is readable but a few files happens to be on bad sectors > and copying would fail when it reached the bad se

copy files on drive with bad sector

Is there any program like midnight commander that i can use to copy files from a disk drive with bad sector to another disk. The source disk drive is readable but a few files happens to be on bad sectors and copying would fail when it reached the bad sector. What i really want is a simple copy

Re: testdisk tool seems found a bad sector, is it ??

On 02/02/2009 07:34 AM, Rodrigo Hashimoto wrote: Hi there, Please I'd like to confirm if it's really a bad news. I ran testdisk tool on my external disk and it seems there's a bad sector, look: -- *Tes

testdisk tool seems found a bad sector, is it ??

Hi there, Please I'd like to confirm if it's really a bad news. I ran testdisk tool on my external disk and it seems there's a b

Re: how to show bad sector of a file system

Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2005-12-25 11:14:09, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: i have fxck-ed a file system, now i want to know whether there are bad sector, which command can show bad sector? Thanks in advance! man badblocks Greetings Michelle You need to learn how to use the tools

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