Re: how to read files that resides on bad sectors
Am 2006-05-20 18:40:36, schrieb Serena Cantor:
> I write a Java program to read a file that is on bad
> sector, when the program read bad sector, Linux kernel
> take very long time unsuccessfully reading.
>
> I wish use ramdon bits to replace data on bad sector
> when reading files. how to do it? Thanks!
You can not read defective sectors via the kernel directly.
You need RAW-ACCESS (ther is a kernel-option for it) to the drive
and THEN you can access the sectors, but I am not sure, it can be
done from Java. From a C Program it works perfectly as I have
allready done this before.
Greetings
Michelle Konzack
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