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Alexander Gabert wrote: |
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> from man mke2fs: |
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> -c Check the device for bad blocks before creating the |
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> file system. If this option is specified twice, |
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> then a slower, read-write test is used instead of a fast |
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> read-only test. |
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> Please try this and report back if you found something. |
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> There is also low level test programs of disk vendors where you can |
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> stress test the brick to make sure it's not faulty. |
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Uh, just keep in mind that if you do this you won't have much of a |
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chance of recovering what used to be on the drive. I'm not sure that |
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the FIRST thing I'd try doing is wiping the filesystem. There are other |
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tools that can do a disk scan non-destructively (spinrite, etc). |
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