Re: how to control how often smartd-runner fires.

On 22/01/17 08:51 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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> Yes, a raw dump of a sector might give some idea of what it is. If it is
> text and you recognize it, bingo!  But suppose the bad sector is really
> bad, that you can not read it... That's the worst case.
Sure, but at least you have a fighting chance.
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> I have the fuzzy idea that a procedure for finding the file that uses a
> certain sector was discussed somewhere, perhaps on the smartctl howtos.
> Not for all filesystems.
It does seem strange that with all the robust tools available in NIX, 
that when you loose a sector that it's an ordeal to figure out what's 
been corrupted.  However slow, one might expect that there'd be a 
utility to figure it out even if it had to read the entirety of whatever 
it is  that is the analogue of the old FAT until it had found all the 
files.  There must be situations where one HAS to know, and nevermind 
how long it takes.


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