From 4751abf6c8889d884f3bc078a60e0defcc997de8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Janek <xerusx@pm.me>
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2022 09:04:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] smartctl, e2fsck: improve disk checking commands (#8452)

* Improve disk checking commands

* Make example descriptions consistent

* e2fsck: make blurb clearer

* e2fsck: fix blurb

* e2fsck: shorten blurb
---
 pages/common/smartctl.md | 16 ++++++++--------
 pages/linux/e2fsck.md    | 12 ++++++++----
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pages/common/smartctl.md b/pages/common/smartctl.md
index a62ff26228..f6319303c7 100644
--- a/pages/common/smartctl.md
+++ b/pages/common/smartctl.md
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 # smartctl
 
-> View a disk's SMART data and other information.
-> More information: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.>.
+> Monitor disk health including SMART data.
+> More information: <https://www.smartmontools.org>.
 
-- View SMART health summary:
+- Display SMART health summary:
 
 `sudo smartctl --health {{/dev/sdX}}`
 
-- View device information:
+- Display device information:
 
 `sudo smartctl --info {{/dev/sdX}}`
 
-- Begin a short self-test:
+- Start a short self-test in the background:
 
 `sudo smartctl --test short {{/dev/sdX}}`
 
-- View current/last self-test status and other SMART capabilities:
+- Display current/last self-test status and other SMART capabilities:
 
 `sudo smartctl --capabilities {{/dev/sdX}}`
 
-- View SMART self-test log (if supported):
+- Display exhaustive SMART data:
 
-`sudo smartctl --log selftest {{/dev/sdX}}`
+`sudo smartctl --all {{/dev/sdX}}`
diff --git a/pages/linux/e2fsck.md b/pages/linux/e2fsck.md
index 2a53ddb720..be05b19c25 100644
--- a/pages/linux/e2fsck.md
+++ b/pages/linux/e2fsck.md
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 # e2fsck
 
-> Check a Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem. The filesystem should be unmounted at the time the command is run.
+> Check a Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem. The partition should be unmounted.
 > More information: <https://manned.org/e2fsck>.
 
 - Check filesystem, reporting any damaged blocks:
 
-`e2fsck {{/dev/sdXN}}`
+`sudo e2fsck {{/dev/sdXN}}`
 
 - Check filesystem and automatically repair any damaged blocks:
 
-`e2fsck -p {{/dev/sdXN}}`
+`sudo e2fsck -p {{/dev/sdXN}}`
 
 - Check filesystem in read only mode:
 
-`e2fsck -c {{/dev/sdXN}}`
+`sudo e2fsck -c {{/dev/sdXN}}`
+
+- Perform an exhaustive, non-destructive read-write test for bad blocks and blacklist them:
+
+`sudo e2fsck -fccky {{/dev/sdXN}}`