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On 2022-11-12, Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Wednesday, 9 November 2022 16:53:13 GMT Laurence Perkins wrote: |
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>> Badblocks doesn't ask to write anything at the end of the run. You |
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>> tell it whether you want a read test, a write-read test or a |
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>> read-write-read-replace test at the beginning. |
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> Not to labour the point, but 'e2fsck -v -c' runs a read test and at |
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> the end it informs me "... Updating bad block inode", even if it |
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> came across no read errors (0/0/0) and consequently does not prompt |
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> for a fs repair. |
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That's _e2fsck_ thats doing the writing at the end, not badblocks. The |
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statement was that _badblocks_ doesn't ask to write anything at the |
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end of the run. |