From: ckurs-2@wilbur.uni-mainz.de (Teilnehmer am C-Kurs WS 1992_93) Subject: [Q] Bad block list format needed! Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 12:26:36 GMT
Sorry, if this is faq, but i scanned through the latest faq/info-sheet/meta-faq i
have and there was nothing about it (except a note that there are no existing
programs to scan for badblocks).
I used both mk(e)fs as well as efsck in their latest version!
Those tools will not accept the 'block marked bad' status of my WD1006(RLL)
controller. As a result of this the edefrag program crashed my root file system
last weekend: it tried to write to one of those bad sectors ...
I need either a documentation on the bad block list format for mk(e)fs or a
working script/program that converts the bad block list of the manufacturer into
the format accepted by those tools.
There was an earlier posting on this subject (it included an awk script) but i
lost the printout (GRRR!).
I also tried to write a program myself but it didn't work ...
If i get enough information, then i will try to write a harddisk scanner for
linux and upload it to one of the ftp sites.
Please mail the answers to me. I will summarize them and send it to the faq
maintainers.
Thanks in advance
Dominik
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