When I run e3fsck -cf /dev/hda3, I get a message stating; WARNINGS!!! Running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause SERVERE filesystem damage. Found out that the -cf does a badblock test for you. Cool.... Has anyone ran this type of command line, got the message, and went forward w/ the process it runs? What happened if you did? Regards, Darren >From: "DARREN BROWN" >Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >Subject: Re: Disk scan utility? >Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 15:54:28 +0000 > >I just find out some more info on this. Check out the following link for >detailed info >http://tldp.org/LDP/sag/x1298.html > >You may want to use the badblocks command first, then the e2fsck. > > >Regards, >Darren > >>From: technomage >>Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>Subject: Re: Disk scan utility? >>Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 02:54:10 -0700 >> >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>Hash: SHA1 >> >>e2fsck -c /dev/device will do just this. you can even see its progress >>with a >>- -v (verbose). >> >>Mage >> >>On Wednesday 14 May 2003 11:58 pm, AZ Pete wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > Is there a util in Linux that will perform a surface scan of a hard >>disk to >> > locate bad sectors and mark them as unusable? >> > Something similar to Windows Scandisk util. >> > I recall during the Redhat installation routine there was a check box >>that >> > I could select to perform a surface scan. What utility does this? >> > I have a hard drive I'm trying to get data from but there are a few bad >> > sectors and as a result I'm unable to pull an image of the drive. I >>would >> > like to mark those sectors as bad, so I can then pull the image and get >> > most of the data off the drive. >> > >> > I tried using fsck, but it only seems to check if the filesystem is >> > contiguous. It says that the filesystem is clean. >> > >> > Any help would be appreciated. >> > Peter >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >>- -- >>I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or >>numbered! >>My life is my own - No. 6 >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) >> >>iD8DBQE+w2PDn/usgigAaLcRApn6AJwPXm+3L99oojPsLwlLQ4JfVjZTcwCdEJW5 >>vOF+Xjj6lZ11FI+RfydvA44= >>=tb36 >>-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >>--------------------------------------------------- >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >_________________________________________________________________ >Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail