From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965010AbWHWP5x (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:57:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965012AbWHWP5x (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:57:53 -0400 Received: from 81-179-62-49.dsl.pipex.com ([81.179.62.49]:53735 "EHLO jaguar.linux-grotto.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965010AbWHWP5w (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:57:52 -0400 Message-ID: <44EC7AFD.2070605@linux-grotto.org.uk> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:57:49 +0100 From: Johan Groth User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Justin Piszcz CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Scsi errors with Megaraid 300-8x References: <44EB1875.3020403@linux-grotto.org.uk> <44EC73D2.9090302@rtr.ca> <44EC775C.7040003@linux-grotto.org.uk> <44EC78CD.9010401@linux-grotto.org.uk> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Justin Piszcz wrote: > > Nope, r+w will write over everything on the disk, but I have found -the- > most effective way to see if a disk is good or not. I'd rather have the > disk die to that test rather than using it in production and finding it > dies with my data on it. > Hmm, we both should read the man page of badblocks a bit better :). I found this: -n Use non-destructive read-write mode. By default only a non-destructive read-only test is done. This option must not be combined with the -w option, as they are mutually exclusive. Cheers, Johan