> Also, I've been told not to run disk checks while the HD is mounted, how > can I load linux sans mounting the HD? does it work if I boot from a > floppy? > > It shouldn't be a problem to run badblocks while the HD is mounted; it > does not write to the drive, just reads from it.
Hmmm. If badblocks doesn't write to the drive, how will this help? "e2fsck -c /dev/hda2" will run e2fsck, and it will run badblocks, and note the blocks as bad and move all the data it can to other places. Running badblocks by itself first is a good way to determine whether you should just do an `e2fsck -c' or whether it's time to buy a new drive :-) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
