Is it safe to interrupt badblocks?

Question

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?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 19 '15 at 14:17

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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.

edited Jun 19 '15 at 14:17

Michael Mrozek

answered Jun 19 '15 at 03:02

Celada

Could it be continuate? – Milor123 Dec 24 '16 at 15:33
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
Ahhh yes, sorry for my bad english xD, Thank you very much :D – Milor123 Dec 24 '16 at 15:49

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