On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, at 6:24pm, Hans Reiser wrote: > A colleague of mine back when I was part of a sysadmin department used to > write to every block on the drive before installing the OS on it. I think > he was right to do so. I have considered having mkreiserfs ask the user > if he wants to do that.
I usually do a "badblocks -w" on any new disk before putting it into production for that reason. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. |
