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

[gevisz]

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.

Thank you for your advices. I will try both.

> Gruß | Greetings | Qapla'
> I cna ytpe 300 wrods pre mniuet!!!

:)