On Thursday 10 June 2010 11:15:17 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > when creating a file system on a partition on a brand new hard disk, > I have always used the '-c' twice to check for bad blocks. > This works for ext3 and ext4. > Now, I'd like to use a btrfs file system on some partitions but the > '-c' option (to mkfs.btrfs or mkbtrfs) seems to have gone. > What can I do about this? > > Many thanks for a hint, > Helmut. >
Hi Helmut, You could either first use mkfs for ext3 or 4 to check, or you could run "badblock" manually over the partition first to check. -- Joost
