Bad clusters
How does Linux handle bad clusters or can linux not use a hard drive with
bad clusters? How do you get a report of the bad clusters? I was
formatting a HD in linux and it started taking a REALLY long time near the
end of it. In DOS, bad sectors were reported, but it finished formatting.
I installed linux and set it up, but was having some really weird problems
and thought it might be because of the bad sectors. So, I nuked the
partitions and tried to format in DOS again, only this time it wouldn't
format. Linux formatted (even with the option for to report bad clusters)
but it took a long time, as I said. Thus, I am wondering how linux
handles bad clusters. TIA.
Rob
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