[lug] RE: Diagnostics-Linux had drive utitiity to test for bad sectors or blocks. (fwd)

[Timothy C. Klein]

Debian asks if you want this done when it creates new file systems.  So
I read a couple man pages, and it looks like the '-c' option to 'mkfs'
checks for bad blocks.  I believe this would only work on a blank disk,
to avoid using the bad blocks all together.  This won't work to
check for back blocks on an existing filesystem.  I don't know
if there are any systems to check through an existing
filesystems.

I had seen a documents out there about bad blocks, but can't seem to
find it in the kernel docs or the Howtos.  Don't remember where I saw
it.

HTH,
Tim

> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 05:43:32 -0500
> From: Scoobsjk <scoobee at execulink.com>
> To: info at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: RE: Diagnostics-Linux had drive utitiity to test for bad sectors
>     or blocks.
> 
> Hi,
>     Does anyone know where I could get a Red Hat Linux compatible 
> diagnostics program to test for bad sectors or blocks and recover data 
> from those block to an other location.  Even if it can just check the 
> Linux partition would be OK.  
>     I have Ontrack Advisor, which checks cables, electrics, etc, and 
> scans the whole hard drive, but only regconizes DOS, Windows 9x/2000/NT, 
> not Linux. Anyone help would be appreciated.
> Cheers,
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