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See what you have. Use gparted, or these... | |||
# basics | |||
df | |||
# NICE, this shows ALL DRIVES and where they are mounted! | |||
sudo lsblk | |||
# This is nice too, shows "data" for a raw drive, or type for a formatted one. Nice to know! | |||
sudo file -s /dev/xvdf | |||
Most drive health maintenance is done internally by S.M.A.R.T. | Most drive health maintenance is done internally by S.M.A.R.T. | ||
# install smartctl tools | |||
smartctl -c /dev/sdf # to peek at available tests and how long they typically take to run | |||
smartctl -t short /dev/sdf | |||
watch -n 3 smartctl -l selftest /dev/sdf # until success, takes about 1 minute | |||
# if you're feeling ambitious, rerun with [-t long] | |||
You can do more. Boot to a live mode to test root partitions. | You can do more. Boot to a live mode to test root partitions. | ||
This is a tested way to check a PARTITION for bad blocks, and repair: | This is a tested way to check a PARTITION for bad blocks, and repair: | ||
su - | su - | ||
e2fsck -c /dev/ | e2fsck -c /dev/sda5 | ||
To scan an entire drive for badblocks (which MAY cause firmware to improve things...?): | To scan an entire drive for badblocks (which MAY cause firmware to improve things...?): | ||
badblocks -svv /dev/sda | badblocks -svv /dev/sda | ||
To repair a drive, you MAY try this, but not tested. e2fsck should be preferred according to [man badblocks] | To repair a drive, you MAY try this, but not tested. e2fsck should be preferred according to [man badblocks] | ||
badblocks -svvn -c 262144 /dev/sda | badblocks -svvn -c 262144 /dev/sda | ||
Latest revision as of 16:12, 14 April 2016
See what you have. Use gparted, or these...
# basics df # NICE, this shows ALL DRIVES and where they are mounted! sudo lsblk # This is nice too, shows "data" for a raw drive, or type for a formatted one. Nice to know! sudo file -s /dev/xvdf
Most drive health maintenance is done internally by S.M.A.R.T.
# install smartctl tools smartctl -c /dev/sdf # to peek at available tests and how long they typically take to run smartctl -t short /dev/sdf watch -n 3 smartctl -l selftest /dev/sdf # until success, takes about 1 minute # if you're feeling ambitious, rerun with [-t long]
You can do more. Boot to a live mode to test root partitions.
This is a tested way to check a PARTITION for bad blocks, and repair:
su - e2fsck -c /dev/sda5
To scan an entire drive for badblocks (which MAY cause firmware to improve things...?):
badblocks -svv /dev/sda
To repair a drive, you MAY try this, but not tested. e2fsck should be preferred according to [man badblocks]
badblocks -svvn -c 262144 /dev/sda