Trinean wrote:
> "Dave (from the UK)" <see-my-signature@southminster-branch-line.org.uk>
> wrote in message news:45f09119@212.67.96.135...
>
>>What is the best way to test a disk using 'format' under Solaris (Sparc)?
>>
>>There seems to be several options, under the 'analyze' menu in format:
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> Do you care about the data on the disk?
>
> Trinean
>
>

Hi,
I did not care about the data. I used format ->analyze ->verify and
found no problems, but there are grown bad sectors and sysmontools
indicates problems too. It has also been used for 45 days, which is a
bit much for a disk sold as new. The disk is being returned.

If you have other suggestions on the best ways to test a drive, I'm
interested - someone else suggested VTS, which I never thought of, but
it is perhaps the obvious one.

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