Questions tagged [hdparm]
hdparm is a command-line tool on Unix/Linux platforms used to adjust or inspect hard drive configuration parameters.
5
questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
4
votes
0
answers
380
views
Bad sector on disk, part of a LVM over RAID1 array, which files are affected?
My RAID1 array /dev/md1 is rebuilding after one of the disks has been replaced.
Problem : the source disk has Unrecoverable Errors, and my only choice if I do not want to lose the whole data set (no ...
1
vote
0
answers
555
views
raid not spinning down - mdadm issuing syncs?
I have an issue with an archival server that is running a RAID 5. The server is being accessed only every couple of days, so I want these disks to spin down when there is no activity for a while.
...
1
vote
0
answers
4k
views
Differences between hdparm --read-sector and dd with "Current Pending Sectors"
This was originally an "answer" to How to use hdparm to fix a pending sector?
I'd been getting SMART notifications for the same "Current Pending Sector" for days.
The dd solutions around weren't ...
0
votes
0
answers
70
views
HDD bricked after hdparm --sanitize-overwrite (SG_IO: bad/missing sense data)
On my HDD (WD RED Plus) I have performed SANITIZE using below command:
hdparm --yes-i-know-what-i-am-doing --sanitize-overwrite-passes 1 --sanitize-overwrite hex:11111111 /dev/sda
It was running fine,...
0
votes
1
answer
984
views
Spin down of Icy Box Raid Enclosure not working
I am running Ubuntu server 18.04 and I am using an ICY BOX IB-RD2253-U31 enclosure with two WD Black disks (no NAS disks) in RAID 1 mode (mirror).
The external enclosure is connected via USB to the ...