[Lvlug] Detecting new bad blocks on a disk while a system is running?

[Ricardo SIGNES]

* Mark <mstanley at technologist.com> [2006-12-23T09:09:21]
> On Friday 22 December 2006 19:48, Brian Reichert wrote:
> > I had one experience where I simply rebooted and my root partition was
> > corrupted to the point where it wouldn't boot.  I was forced to rebuild the
> > tree and hope for the best.  Luckily for me it recovered fine and I've been
> 
> I've had a similar experience but it was so long ago that I decided not to
> let it bother me. At least not much more than a tiny little memory hovering
> in the background.

Unfortunately, when this happens to a colocated server after an unscheduled
reboot, the memory tends to be sort of traumatic and hateful.

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rjbs