On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 07:33:54PM +0100, Jim Ford wrote:
> RAID-0 wasn't so difficult after all - not withstanding all the ghost stories I've
>been reading in the docs!
>
> One thing though. When I mke2fs'd /dev/m0 I had some bad blocks reported. I then
>ran badblocks with the -w and -o options to read/write check it and get a file of bad
>blocks, with a similar result. I suspect the bad blocks indicate a failing HD (It's
>very old!) but I'm willing to give it a try. Are these bad blocks automatically
>locked out, or do I have to give a command to do so using the generated file (there
>is a e2fsck to do this)?
>
> Regards: Jim Ford
>
1)either use mke2fs -c to check the filesystem or
mke2fs -l <bad block file>
2) e2fsck -c (i think it was introduced in v1.10) will check for bad blocks
3) consider using your hard disk as a paperweight.
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