Re: 2.1.126: Possible bug in fschk/corrupted inode handling

Matthias Andree (mandree@sx1.HRZ.Uni-Dortmund.DE)
Tue, 3 Nov 1998 00:11:28 +0100


On Mon, Nov 02, 1998 at 06:41:22PM +0000, Meino Christian Cramer wrote:
> Hmmm - how can I force the HD to check the blocks -- or asking the
> other way: IF the bios has already checked the blocks and DON'T
> fopund anything bad -- what happens to my partition then?

Either it remaps silently, or, if it does not, get hold of sformat (on
sunsite mirrors) and let that do the verifying. If that does not help,
but badblocks keeps throwing bad blocks, try the -greassign option of
sformat (not without prior reading of the manual!)

-- 
Matthias Andree

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