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Mark Lord wrote:
>  >If that is so then this suggests the drive has a far
>  >more serious problem than just a single bad block, right?
> 
> The smartmontools can answer that question far more reliably
> than anyone here can.


if libata supported SMART, which it doesn't yet.

So much to do, so little time...  :/

	Jeff