>> Also, should I use 'dd' to test all blocks before I put a drive into >> service, or is there a better tool out there? > Besides the above tests, I've often used dd for reading and writing > the entire drive as an extra sanity test, and to force overwrites and > possibly reallocate any bad sectors: > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/foo bs=32M > dd if=/dev/foo of=/dev/null bs=32M
i use dban for new drives hosts i can take offline, or put the drive in another box. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
