On Tue 26 Mar 2024 at 04:38:52 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > On 2/9/24 20:36, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: [ … ] > > It's not possible for me to know what went wrong. > > Have you created "reftestfile" inside "/mnt/disktest" directory? > > How many "testfile*" files, if any, were created on the filesystem > > mounted at "/mnt/disktest"? > > Was there anything relevant in the syslog about "sdm" drive after the test? > > If you'd followed my instructions step by step, you'd end up > > inside "/mnt/disktest" directory and for the last step all you had > > to do is copy and paste that one-liner 'for' loop into the command > > line. > > It's a long line and it really meant to be copied and pasted not > > typed by hand, and also to give you the idea of the process, so > > you could adjust it if needed. > > I've tested it again on my computer and it worked as expected, > > synchronously created "testfiles" inside current directory and > > calculated their hashes one by one. > > > And by now, I've forgotten what it was that we were trying to > accomplish. One of the hazards of my next b-day being the 90'th. > Sorry. Or t-bird is messing with my mind by reserectiing older messages.
You seem to have mislaid your first reply to Alexander, at: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2024/02/msg00422.html which appears to show that the drive was a dud 64GB disk, and not 2TB in capacity. Cheers, David.
