Re: Massive e2fs corruption with 2.2.9/10?
Larry McVoy (lm@bitmover.com)
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:00:01 -0600
: > You can also read it back using random offsets within the file, something
: > which sometimes catches an error or two:
: >
: > lmdd if=XXX bs=512 rand=120m count=1000 ipat=1
^^^^^^^^^^
:
: I grabbed a copy of lmdd and tried it on:
:
: (hirsch@pii) /tmp : lmdd if=test1.file bs=10m rand=500m ipat=1
: ..
: (hang on, it's still churning away while I type this on the same box).
:
: Hey, Larry, I though it was supposed to stop on its own after 500MB? <g>
Nope. rand=500mb means "do randoms over the first 500mb of the file";
count=N means "stop after doing N i/o's".
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