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From: Peter Rabbitson <rabbit+list@rabbit.us>
To: Cry <cry_regarder@yahoo.com>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Wipe failed RAID-5 disk before RMA
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 21:18:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <483323FA.3000500@rabbit.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20080520T190131-192@post.gmane.org>

Cry wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> Do any of you have suggestions on how to wipe a failed raid drive before RMA
> back to vendor/manufacturer?  I need something that keeps going when it reaches
> a bad block.  The tool doesn't have to do multiple passes with random numbers. 
> It shouldn't need to be nursed along.
> 

How about `badblocks -svw` ?

  reply	other threads:[~2008-05-20 19:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-20 19:06 Wipe failed RAID-5 disk before RMA Cry
2008-05-20 19:18 ` Peter Rabbitson [this message]
2008-05-20 19:28   ` Cry
2008-05-21 16:07 ` Bill Davidsen
2008-05-21 16:11   ` David Lethe

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