Re: how to test disk for bad sector

From	Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: how to test disk for bad sector
Date	2020-08-29 13:50 +0200
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On Sat, Aug 29, 2020, 7:11 AM Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thank Alexander! i'll test it with write test.
>
>
>
> On Saturday, August 29, 2020, 4:18:31 AM EDT, Alexander V. Makartsev <
> avbetev@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 29.08.2020 07:59, Long Wind wrote:
>
> installation of linux to sdb1 fails
> i believe hard disk has bad sector
> If hard drive has bad sectors or recently encountered them, information
> about this should be noted to hard drive's SMART table.
> Alternatively, you can use "badblocks" program from "e2fsprogs" package to
> scan hard drive for bad blocks.
> I'd perform tests on wiped clean hard drive with non-destructive read test
> first, followed by write test.
> Testing media for bad blocks could be time consuming if hard drive is
> multiple terabytes in size.
>
>
> i use e2fsck with -c, i.e. read-only test
> it doesn't  report [useful data]
>
> I encountered a different situation, that *might* apply.  I had, what I
can only describe as,  *SUCH*  a defective USB Stick that, instead of
declaring any errors, many I/O Requests would "Time Out" and then *succeed*
without an Error Message.

This turned into a "Cluster-*$@#", because it wasn't Debian I was
Installing, but Mint 20, whose Email List Support lacked basic
Troubleshooting Skills, on the day that I submitted my "Distress Call".  (A
combination of only Install from a Live DVD with Ubiquity, coupled with an
Irrelevant Python Error Message that comes out, periodically, even in the
best of circumstances didn't help either).

So have you tested the Hardware in question on "Neutral Tasks"?

Thank you!  (And I *still* think Mint should offer an Expert, Text Install
option like Debian!)

Kenneth Parker

>

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how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-29 05:10 +0200
  Re: how to test disk for bad sector Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2020-08-29 05:40 +0200
    Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-29 07:50 +0200
      Re: how to test disk for bad sector David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-08-29 10:20 +0200
        Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-29 12:00 +0200
          Re: how to test disk for bad sector David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-08-30 00:10 +0200
            Re: how to test disk for bad sector David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-09-08 06:30 +0200
              Re: how to test disk for bad sector David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-09-09 16:40 +0200
      Re: how to test disk for bad sector Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2020-08-29 19:10 +0200
        Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-29 22:20 +0200
      Re: how to test disk for bad sector David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-08-30 00:00 +0200
        Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-30 01:10 +0200
          Re: how to test disk for bad sector David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-08-30 01:40 +0200
            Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-30 02:10 +0200
              Re: how to test disk for bad sector David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-08-30 02:40 +0200
              Re: how to test disk for bad sector Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2020-08-30 16:10 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-08-30 16:30 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-31 00:10 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-08-31 04:10 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-31 05:00 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2020-08-31 18:30 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-31 23:50 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2020-09-01 04:20 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-09-01 05:40 +0200
                passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector) Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net> - 2020-09-02 01:10 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad  sector) Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2020-09-02 01:40 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad  sector) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-09-02 09:40 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-09-02 15:30 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad  sector) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-09-02 15:40 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector) John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-09-02 18:40 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad  sector) Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-09-02 22:00 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad  sector) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-09-02 22:10 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector) John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-09-03 01:40 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad  sector) Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-09-03 12:40 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-09-02 01:50 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad  sector) Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2020-09-02 09:00 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad  sector) Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-09-02 11:20 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-09-02 15:30 +0200
      Re: how to test disk for bad sector Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-08-31 20:40 +0200
  Re: how to test disk for bad sector David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-08-29 05:50 +0200
    Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-29 06:50 +0200
  Re: how to test disk for bad sector "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2020-08-29 10:20 +0200
    Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-29 13:20 +0200
      Re: how to test disk for bad sector Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2020-08-29 13:50 +0200
      Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-29 14:30 +0200
        Re: how to test disk for bad sector Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2020-08-29 18:50 +0200
          Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-30 00:20 +0200
            Re: how to test disk for bad sector Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2020-08-30 02:40 +0200
              Re: how to test disk for bad sector Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-08-30 03:10 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-30 04:10 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-08-30 05:10 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-08-30 09:30 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2020-08-30 21:00 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-31 00:00 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-09-02 11:30 +0200
              Re: how to test disk for bad sector Keith Bainbridge <keithrbaugroups@gmail.com> - 2020-08-30 06:00 +0200
    Re: how to test disk for bad sector Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2020-08-29 15:00 +0200

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