Re: Getting linux to mark bad sectors
On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Allens wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm a newbie to linux, and have a question. I know this is a bit off topic in
> this group, as it is a linux in general question, but anyway:
> How do I get linux to mark bad sectors on my hard drive, as I have a few, and
> they are stopping me doing lots of things like running Xwindows etc. fsck see's
> them, but asks me whether I want to ignore them. If I say no it fails on some
> of them, saying
> can't read next inode while doing inode scan
>
> Even when I don't ignore them and it works, it doesn't do any good, and I want
> to be able to run (and make) programs....
>
> Thanks *very* much in advance.
>
> Peter Allen
>
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I think you want to run e2fsck -c fs, also see badblocks. Check the man
pages for more details.
John
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