From: unixsys@ssg.com (Rick Emerson) Subject: Re: Bad blocks, inodes and .badblocks -> Make root inode 2 Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 21:44:25 GMT
jes@grendel.demon.co.uk (Jim Segrave) writes:
>
> Following is a suggestion for a minor change to the filesystem which (I hope)
> should make the system slightly more robust.
>
> ----------
> [change and justification omitted]
> Obviously this will also require that fsck and mkfs are updated, but those
> are fairly minor changes (which I would be willing to do.)
I like the idea and agree with your reasoning.
> Cheers,
>
> Derek Fawcus
>
> A utility could be written to allow swapping a pair of inodes would
> allow users who don't wish to re-mkfs their discs to move .badblocks to
> inode 1
>
Now, if you were to also add a non-destructive mkfs to detect new spots that
are marginal (or worse!), I suspect that your name would be placed in
nomination for public acclaimation and perhaps even presented for the
Birthday Honors List (right after Owen for coming up with mcc-interim)!
<grin>
Rick
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