Re: Are linux-fs's drive-fault-tolerant by concept?
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
19 Apr 2003 23:02:25 +0100
On Sad, 2003-04-19 at 18:18, Florian Weimer wrote:
> Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com> writes:
>
> > Most I came across have only small problems (few dead sectors),
>
> IDE disks automatically remap defective sectors, so you won't see any
> of them unless the disk is already quite broken.
You will if it writes and fails to read back. The disk can't invent a
sector that is gone.
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