Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive?

[gevisz]

2016-09-02 7:23 GMT+03:00 gevisz <gevisz@×××××.com>:
> 2016-09-01 11:55 GMT+03:00 Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de>:
>> On Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 11:44:19AM +0300, gevisz wrote:
>>
>>> > Some people do a full systems check (i.e. badblocks) before entrusting a
>>> > drive with anything important.
>>>
>>> It is a good advice! I have already thought of this but I am sorry to
>>> acknowledge that, since the "old good times" of MS DOS 6.22, I never did
>>> this in Linux. :(
>>> […]
>>> So, can you, please, advice me about the program or utility that can do
>>> badblocks check for me?
>>
>> Badblocks is part of e2fsprogs. But since you’re using USB2, this will
>> really take a while. At best I get 39 MB/s out of it. Another way is a
>> S.M.A.R.T. test, methinks `smartctl -t full` is the command for that. But I
>> don’t know what exactly is being tested there. But it runs fully internal of
>> the disk, so no USB2-bottleneck. Others may chime in if I tell fairy tales.
>
> So far, the hard drive passed two (small) smart tests started by commands:
> # smartctl -c -t short -d sat /dev/sdc
> and
> # smartctl -t conveyance -d sat /dev/sdc

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> However, after running
> # smartctl -t long -d sat /dev/sdc
> I have no indication that it has been passed:
> # smartctl -t long -d sat /dev/sdc
> smartctl 6.4 2015-06-04 r4109 [x86_64-linux-4.4.6-gentoo] (local build)
> Copyright (C) 2002-15, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
>
> === START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION ===
> Sending command: "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately
> in off-line mode".
> Drive command "Execute SMART Extended self-test routine immediately in
> off-line mode" successful.
> Testing has begun.
> Please wait 571 minutes for test to complete.
> Test will complete after Fri Sep  2 04:02:18 2016
>
> Use smartctl -X to abort test.
>
> Fri Sep 2 6:10
> # smartctl -l selftest -d sat /dev/sdc
> smartctl 6.4 2015-06-04 r4109 [x86_64-linux-4.4.6-gentoo] (local build)
> Copyright (C) 2002-15, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
>
> Read Device Identity failed: scsi error device will be ready soon
>
> A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or
> more '-T permissive' options.

Well, may be, it has not been finished yet.