From: unixsys@ssg.com (Rick Emerson) Subject: Re: FAQ addition: (was Re: Badblocks revisited (**sigh**)) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1992 12:07:53 GMT
u31b3hs@cip-s02.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Michael Haardt) writes:
> duperval@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Duperval Laurent) writes:
> > [I have badblocks, how can I mark them?]
>
> Ok, it seems time to write that article once again, since it comes up
> so often, in both comp.os.minix and comp.os.linux. If everybody has
> working improvements of my method, *please* say so.
>
> [disk type verified]
>
> Linux does not mark bad blocks, so you have to do that. It's not really
> difficult, it is just that you need MINIX to do the job. Don't yell at
> me ...
>
> [useful technique omitted]
You
must
be
joking!
Install another OS to fix this one? (Yes, yes, yes, I know Linux is
descended from Minix) Without a reliable *Linux* way to mark bad blocks,
nothing else is reliable or trustworthy. Sigh... (walking off, shaking head
and muttering...)
Rick
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