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

[Timothy C. Klein]

I have also just noticed that e2fsck also has this '-c' option, so it
looks like it can check an existing filesystem.

* Timothy C. Klein (teece at silverklein.net) wrote:
> 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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