[Linux-disciples] SMART error (OfflineUncorrectableSector) detected on host: JeffTweedy (fwd)

Stephen R Laniel steve at laniels.org
Tue Nov 30 09:49:02 EST 2004


On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 09:15:49AM -0500, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:
> SMART will try very hard to read a bad block; once it reads it once
> successfully, it relocates the data and marks the block off-limits.  If
> it can't ever read the block, it is never "released" and you keep getting
> this error.
> 
> The badblocks howto, linked from the smartmontools FAQ, describes in
> detail exactly how to deal withhis problem.  I'm not online right now so
> I don't have the link, but it should be easy to find.

I keep getting the SMART error telling me that the sector is
bad. Here's the badblocks howto:

http://shorl.com/febredrynumifre

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  Don't give yourself away.''
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