[opensuse] Re: badblocks question

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:31:20 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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The Wednesday 2008-06-25 at 08:04 +0200, Per Jessen wrote:

If I were you, I'd run some SMART tests instead. Also check the SMART
error logs. See smartctl. Hmm, not sure if this works over USB.

I haven't seen any usb HD on which smart is supported :-(

They use a very cheap chipset, I suppose.

Yeah, the interface doesn't support it, but the drive's on-board
electronics are typically SATA or IDE (these are old enough they're
probably IDE) and do support it. Just no interface via USB to turn it on
in most cases.

Jim



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