Originally Posted By: Roger
That way, normal disks go from being not OK (without shouting) to OK (with shouting); broken disks never state OK. Bit less scary?

A bit, maybe, but note that the drive in this thread never tests OK by that criterion (which is also the criterion in the FAQ) -- the bottom four bits come back zero the whole time (and the bottom 8 most of the time), but apparently this is still actually OK?

Peter