Thanks all for suggestions. On Friday, 2. March 2007 17:50, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > It takes very long because it retries many times (10, I think). I don't > know if you can limit that number.
I haven't seen an option for this. > It might be faster if you access the > disk locally (ide cable). The disk is inside the player and can not be accessed without voiding the warranty. I think it is a Toshiba 1.8'' 20 GB unit. The start and end of the disk are good, the damage is roughly at 1/3 of the total of blocks. I'll do some more tests to narrow down the area. > > How should I format the disk or how do I choose the correct block size > > and should I first create a file with a long list of block numbers and > > give this file to mkdosfs with the -l option? > > If you have the list, yes, suposedly you can feed the list to the format > program. > > Another method is to format anyway, then use "dosfsck -t". I can easily format using the player's firmware, but then reading some files will fail. I tested by creating a ~2GB file of zeroes and copying it over and over. It failed on third run. -Teemu -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
