From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752188Ab3F3QuA (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:50:00 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.193]:51035 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751802Ab3F3Qt6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:49:58 -0400 Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 18:49:56 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh Cc: Mark Lord , Ondrej Zary , Mark Lord , Marcus Overhagen , kernel list , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, tj@kernel.org Subject: Re: SATA hdd refuses to reallocate a sector? Message-ID: <20130630164956.GA26305@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> References: <20130623101940.GA4448@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> <51C76858.4060906@pobox.com> <20130623215100.GA7414@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> <201306240914.29502.linux@rainbow-software.org> <20130629184716.GA9330@khazad-dum.debian.net> <51CF6776.7090206@start.ca> <20130630143427.GA10035@khazad-dum.debian.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130630143427.GA10035@khazad-dum.debian.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > > You know, either the "long" or the "offline" SMART test routines do exactly > > > that on any spinning rust device with a firmware that is not utterly broken. > > > > > > The HDD's firmware will rewrite, and even reallocate any "weak" sectors > > > found by the surface scan. > > > > > > > The drives I have tried this on (smartctl -t long), > > abort at the first bad sector. Not useful. > > Which vendor? The Seagates I have on hand are not that crappy, for example > (their issues are subpar mechanics and the resulting high rate of failure, > but the firmware at least is not a piece of crap)... Are you sure? I seem to have firmware issues: === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Momentus 5400.6 series ... and yes, -t long terminates after first error :-(. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html