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Subject: Re: Are linux-fs's drive-fault-tolerant by concept?
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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On Sad, 2003-04-19 at 18:18, Florian Weimer wrote:
> Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com> writes:
> 
> > 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.