which can be found in linux:
mkfs.ext2(8)
.......
-c
Check the device for bad blocks before creating the file system. If this option is specified twice, then a slower, destructive, read-write test is used instead of a fast read-only test.
...
I searched the archive for this subject, and i found that simple answer that modern hard drives have
the so called spare sectors, and if they cant do these reallocations transparently because they
ran out of those reserved sectors -> throw the drive into the trash.
But what abou using freebsd on older machines with hard drives that dont support spare sectors?
Having a few bad sectors doesnt mean that a 4-5 Gb driver is useless because one isnt able to mark those
few sectors.
ricsip
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