linux-kernel - Re: SATA hdd refuses to reallocate a sector?

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Message-ID: <20130630164956.GA26305@amd.pavel.ucw.cz>
Date:	Sun, 30 Jun 2013 18:49:56 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
Cc:	Mark Lord <kernel@...rt.ca>,
	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>,
	Mark Lord <mlord@...ox.com>,
	Marcus Overhagen <marcus.overhagen@...il.com>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, tj@...nel.org
Subject: Re: SATA hdd refuses to reallocate a sector?

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

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