This is the command I am running to test a HDD with badblocks:
badblocks -b 4096 -c 98304 -w -s /dev/sda1
The output is:
[root@localhost liveuser]# badblocks -b 4096 -c 98304 -w -s /dev/sda1
Testing with pattern 0x55: done
Reading and comparing: done
Testing with pattern 0xff: done
Reading and comparing: done
Testing with pattern 0x00: done
Reading and comparing: done
[root@localhost liveuser]#
Is this correct? Does this mean the drive passed? I thought there would be an output such as "pass completed" or similar. For example this is question has a different output to mine https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/65349/how-to-interpret-badblocks-output
Using fedora 17 live cd