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developer:hardware_storage_error_detection [2016/09/06 00:33] henri [Tools to detect bad blocks] |
developer:hardware_storage_error_detection [2016/09/06 00:37] (current) henri [Notes specific to using badblocks on a mac OS X system.] |
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Example of usage : | Example of usage : | ||
- Ensure any disk and/or partition(s) on which you are going to check for bad blocks are unmounted | - Ensure any disk and/or partition(s) on which you are going to check for bad blocks are unmounted | ||
- | - Set the PWD to the the newley installed sbin directory. You may need to select the correct version for | + | - Set the PWD to the the newley installed sbin directory. You may need to select the correct version for your install. |
- | your install. | + | |
- ''$ cd /usr/local/Cellar/e2fsprogs/1.42.13/sbin'' | - ''$ cd /usr/local/Cellar/e2fsprogs/1.42.13/sbin'' | ||
- Run bad blocks on your disk device. The -s flag will show progress. Further usage information is available from the man page. | - Run bad blocks on your disk device. The -s flag will show progress. Further usage information is available from the man page. |