On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Again running
> > e2fsck /dev/sda2
> > Produces the same read error from the same bad block and the same sound.
> > Hmmm...
> > I thought the -c option and the entry
> > of the badblock would avoid further reading?!
> e2fsck rechecks bad blocks.
> > And -- if so -- how can I avoid further reading from this defect block, possibly
> > WITHOUT reformatting the disk, cause it is my root device and therefore
> > the prrof of Murphy's law.
> Ideally you want to do a scsi verify - thats in most SCSI bios. That makes
> the drive itself do a complete check and bad block remap
Uhhh, Always remember low-level Verifies can/will/always
wipe the data off the disk. So back up first ...
Hth, JimL
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