On Tuesday 27 January 2009 15:10:16 Matt Graham wrote: > From: Mike Bushroe > > > I want to know if anyone knows of a memory tester for Compact > > Flash cards. It would be helpful if the file system test > > could be run under Ubuntu or Windows XP. > > When flash goes bad, reads of the same bit may or may not return > the same value. So I'd think that doing "md5sum /dev/blah" 4 times > and making sure you got the same result each time would work. Not > sure how you'd do this in 'Doze though. Device files exist under > 'Doze, they're just a PITA to access and use. > > > Does the built in fsck do enough of a check to find bad cells in > > a Compact Flash card/drive? > > Not necessarily. Running badblocks -svfw /dev/flashdevice will perform a butteryfly test with 4 passes, which aught to be way more than efficient to notify you of a failing flash volume. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss