[smartmontools-support] Question on smartmontools

[Carlos E. R.]

On 2023-07-28 16:20, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
> Subject: Question on smartmontools
> 
> Good day from Singapore,
> 
> Does smartmontools support checking of bad sectors on harddisks and
> SSDs besides checking SMART status?
> 
> It would be a nice feature to have.

I think you have a misunderstanding about what smartmontool does.

This tool does no testing at all. The testing is done by the firmware of 
the disk (which has its own cpu and memory). It runs independently of 
the computer. The tests have been coded by the disk manufacturer, so 
nobody can add anything.

What the program does is tell the disk to test itself, and later query 
the progress and results, or other data collected during functioning.


-- 
Cheers / Saludos,

		Carlos E. R.
		(from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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