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List:       smartmontools-support
Subject:    Re: [smartmontools-support] Find affected files from smartd warning
From:       Alex Samorukov <ml () os2 ! kiev ! ua>
Date:       2010-09-28 21:31:51
Message-ID: 4CA25EC7.4000105 () os2 ! kiev ! ua
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Hi Jack,

You can try to find them using smartctl utility by running "long test" 
drive self diagnostic. Then you can try to write to the problematic 
sectors using hdparm, but please keep in mind that this way you will 
damage data in this sectors.

For the gui, if you want it, i`m recommending gsmartcontrol, but also 
you can do everything using command line.

P.S. If its a server - then i`m recommending to replace this hard drive.

On 07/26/2010 07:10 PM, Jack Repenning wrote:
> OK, I'm sure this is a FAQ, and I should be able to find existing answers ... and I \
> did try, but I can't. I found a number of claims that "the smartd home page" has \
> links with answers, but couldn't find the actual links, or couldn't find the info \
> in the voluminous referenced pages. So: sorry for asking what I'm profoundly \
> convinced has been asked and answered before, but ... 
> Given that I'm getting this message every half hour (on a RHEL 5.3 system):
> 
> Jul 26 09:40:04 demo01-wkst smartd[3242]: Device: /dev/sda, 5 Currently unreadable \
> (pending) sectors 
> and given, further, that some of my apps are behaving very badly ...
> 
> how can I find the files affected by the bad sectors, and hopefully remove those \
> sectors from active use, recreate the files, and get back to a working state? 


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