[TriLUG] dying disk with LBA error but no reallocated sectors

[Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG]

Using smartmontools, occassionally I have to retire a disk with LBA error(s). 
However quite often the disk doesn't have any reallocated sectors. I would have 
thought that any errors on the disk surface would result in a reallocated sector 
event, in which case there would be no LBA error, but instead a reallocated 
sector event.

Why isn't an LBA error correctable by reallocating a sector?

Thanks Joe

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