Re: Bad blocks

[Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>]

   > 	   Also, I've been told not to run disk checks while the HD is mounted, how
   >    can I load linux sans mounting the HD?  does it work if I boot from a
   >    floppy?
   > 
   > It shouldn't be a problem to run badblocks while the HD is mounted; it
   > does not write to the drive, just reads from it.

   Hmmm. If badblocks doesn't write to the drive, how will this help?
   "e2fsck -c /dev/hda2" will run e2fsck, and it will run badblocks, and
   note the blocks as bad and move all the data it can to other places.

Running badblocks by itself first is a good way to determine whether
you should just do an `e2fsck -c' or whether it's time to buy a new
drive :-)


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