Re: Bad blocks not getting remapped on Maxtor drive

From: Bruce Allen (ballen_at_uwm.edu)
Date: 03/30/04

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    Date: 29 Mar 2004 16:09:44 -0800

    > I've also tried zeroing that area with dd, like this:
    >
    > # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdg bs=512 seek=346379385 count=20000
    > dd: writing '/dev/hdg': Input/output error
    > 11152+0 records in
    > 11151+0 records out

    > SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
    > Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
    > # 1 Short offline Completed: read failure 60% 4967 0x14a5800c
    > # 2 Extended captive Completed: read failure 20% 4963 0x14a5800c

    Hi John,

    $ echo "ibase=16 ; 14A5800C" | bc
    346390540

    what does:
    dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdg bs=512 seek=346390540 count=1
    show?

    Bruce

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