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From: Wols Lists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] repair uefi vfat /boot?
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 23:54:18
Message-Id: 5E77FA9F.9070106@youngman.org.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] repair uefi vfat /boot? by Caveman Al Toraboran
1 On 22/03/20 22:40, Caveman Al Toraboran wrote:
2 > any idea why 1 partition (uefi vfat) is suffering errors, but the other ext4 isn't?
3
4 Simple. If the surface is decaying, it will be localised. It's decided
5 to hit the locality of the uefi partition.
6
7 This is what would, in the old days, lead to a head crash. Once the
8 magnetic layer started to physically deform (flake), the head would hit
9 it which would start a cascade of debris scouring the disk surface and
10 trashing the heads.
11
12 Cheers,
13 Wol

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