Questions tagged [hdparm]

hdparm is a command-line tool on Unix/Linux platforms used to adjust or inspect hard drive configuration parameters.

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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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,...
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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 ...
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