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SubjectRe: Are linux-fs's drive-fault-tolerant by concept?
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On Sad, 2003-04-19 at 18:18, Florian Weimer wrote:
> Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com> writes:
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> > Most I came across have only small problems (few dead sectors),
>
> IDE disks automatically remap defective sectors, so you won't see any
> of them unless the disk is already quite broken.

You will if it writes and fails to read back. The disk can't invent a
sector that is gone.

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