diskscan software package provides scan storage media for bad or near failure sectors, you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install diskscan
diskscan is installed in your system.
Make ensure the diskscan package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep diskscan *
You will get with diskscan package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 9 stretch |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | diskscan |
| Version | 0.19-1 |
| Description | scan storage media for bad or near failure sectors |
| Sub Section | Utils |
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