Re: Scsi errors with Megaraid 300-8x

Johan Groth
2006-08-23T15:57:53Z

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