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----- Original Message ----- From: "Naresh Narang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 8:17 AM Subject: Re: [ilugd]: linux utilities I think what he wanted to know was if we can detect and mark bad sectors on the hard disk. It is possible with "format" command in Solaris but is there any such thing for Linux? Regards, Naresh > > >From: SIR HITESH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [ilugd]: linux utilities > >Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 09:59:28 -0800 (PST) > > > >hi > >can some one tell me utilities for linux for > chenking > >out thr bad sectors like the norton utilities for > >windows............ > >hitesh ================================================ To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe in subject header To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org =================================================