Can the retry count for sector read operations be changed?

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doccpu
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Can the retry count for sector read operations be changed?

#1 Post by doccpu »

Ubuntu has gotten very slow. Is there anyway to tell it not to try to read a sector if its bad more than a few times? It takes days to weed thru a drive with 7000 bad sectors :roll: . With 4 trys a sector an IBM with 640k running at 10mhz could do it in 20 minutes :) but Ubuntu 20 :oops: takes days on a 3ghz with 3 gbyte ram.

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Re: Can the retry count be changed?

#2 Post by recuperation »

doccpu wrote: 21 Sep 2021, 04:31 Ubuntu has gotten very slow. Is there anyway to tell it not to try to read a sector if its bad more than a few times? It takes days to weed thru a drive with 7000 bad sectors :roll: .
I doubt it as drives with a reduced retry count are sold as "RAID-ready" or similar with a nice markup in price.
Please consult with your manufacturer.

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