> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amos Shapira > Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 3:04 AM > To: linux-il > Subject: low-level formatting? > > Hello, > > Running "badblocks -n" on my hard drive I found a couple > hundred of bad blocks, apparently pretty well concentrated in > two areas. > > I intend to buy a new drive but still trying to make use of > this 80Gb Maxtor drive I googled for "low level format" (the > type that asks the drive itself to map bad blocks without the > OS intervention) and found only text like "in the old days it > was possible, today only the factory can do this". > > Is this true? Is my only option now is to mkfs which reads > the output of badblocks(8)?
According to e2fsck manpage, you should run fsck -cc (man e2fsck) for marking bad blocks. I haven't tried this. Rgds, Vitaly *********************************************************************************** Information contained in this email message is intended only for use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the [EMAIL PROTECTED] and destroy the original message. *********************************************************************************** ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
