Thanks Thomas, that is what I want to hear. NO A GOOD THING TO MESS W/ UR FILESYSTEM. This is a mental note to self. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Cameron" To: Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 1:12 PM Subject: Re: Disk scan utility? > I went ahead several years ago and wound up totally trashing the filesystem. > Granted it was ext2, not ext3, but I would definitely heed that warning. > -- > Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT > Cameron Technical Services, Inc. > http://www.camerontech.com/ > (512) 454-3200 > > We use anti-spam measures. The first time you send an e-mail to a user at > our company, our mail server will ask you to verify that you are a real > sender and not a spammer. Once you reply to the challenge, you will never > be challenged again. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DARREN BROWN" > To: > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 1:36 PM > Subject: Re: Disk scan utility? > > > > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >