Hi there ,
Well before doing an installation I'd recommend a complete format of the
hard disk .. preferably a low level one .. I guess that should mark the bad
blocks permanently and linux should not have a problem .. However low level
HDD format has its disadvantages .. may damage the HDD ..
Well if you have bad blocks on your HDD its time you use that HDD as a scrap
dumpyard .. ;-) (hmmm .. dunno if that was the right term ) and get yourself
a new one .. Bad blocks on your HDD is bad news .. either your head may be
scratching the platters or it must have suffered a blow more that 11G ..
Your installation on that HDD may always be in jeopardy . even if a log
touches that 425 M mark ..
I guess you get the picture ..
Regards
Sandesh
----- Original Message -----
From: Nerd C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 12:49 AM
Subject: badblocks
> To all you Linux fans,
> I have had some difficulty installing RHL6.0 because of badblocks
> on my hard disk. The copying process would hang after some 425MB
> had been copied. The kernel gave me the message that there is an
> uncorrectable error on LBAsector no. xxxx.The "check for badblocks"
> option during format was of no use. So I simply made my installation
> size smaller and the installation proceeded without any problems.
> Now I am afraid to install new programs because if the used space
> exceeds the limit of 425MB, I may experience problems as I had to
> during my last installation(I had to first run fsck -A and then
> reboot each time to use Linux). The badblocks program also gives an
> uncorrectable error on the disk. Can someone please recommend a
> solution so I can make full utilisation of my disk(1.4GB).
>
> Regards,
> Chrisil.
>
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