I accidentally ran badblocks on my entire 320 GB disk instead of a single partition:
sudo badblocks -s -v -n -f /dev/sda
It's been running for 42 hours now. How can I tell when it will be finished? Can I interrupt it safely with Ctrl+C?
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How can I tell when it will be finished?
You are using the -v (verbose) flag to badblocks. It should be constantly showing you:
xx.xx% done, xx:xx elapsed.
, from which you can easily estimate when it will finish.
Can I interrupt it safely with Ctrl+C?
Yes.
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Could it be continuate? – Milor123 Dec 24 '16 at 15:33
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What is "continuate"? Do you mean "resumed"? Yes: look at the manpage, there is a way to specify the first block to check. – Celada Dec 24 '16 at 15:35
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Ahhh yes, sorry for my bad english xD, Thank you very much :D – Milor123 Dec 24 '16 at 15:49