Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 20:32:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> To: Alfonso Romero <ibac@prodigy.net.mx> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: marking bad blocks on a hard disk drive Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030724203028.27422A-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <002501c35218$51d7dd60$0100a8c0@ibacsoft.dynu.com>
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Alfonso Romero wrote: > I=B4m installing FreeBSD 4.8 on a 8GB HDD, but it has some bad sectors. > How can I tell FreeBSD not to use these bad sectors? If the bad blocks are not under any vital file system meta-data (boot blocks, inodes, et al), you can use the badsect(8) command to create a file that includes the bad block. However, you really want to buy a new hard disk if this one is remotely recent, as it's likely a sign of impending drive failure.=20 Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories
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