You can use 'fsck -c' which will do a surface scan. Alternatively, you
can use 'badblocks -w /dev/hda1'; note that the -w option to badblocks
will wipe out any data (including the filesystem) that's on that device,
and you'll have to use mkfs to recreate the filesystem.
--Bruce
Tom Rauschenbach wrote:
> I've got a disk with some bad spots. fsck and mkfs don't seem to find them.
> Does anyone know how to say "format" to linux ? I want to wip this thing clean
> and unmap all the bad spots.
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