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- From: unixsys@ssg.com (Rick Emerson)
- Subject: Re: Bad blocks, inodes and .badblocks -> Make root inode 2
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- Organization: System Support Group
- References: <9207242019.AA18045@optical.bms.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 21:44:25 GMT
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- jes@grendel.demon.co.uk (Jim Segrave) writes:
-
- >
- > Following is a suggestion for a minor change to the filesystem which (I hope)
- > should make the system slightly more robust.
- >
- > ----------
- > [change and justification omitted]
- > Obviously this will also require that fsck and mkfs are updated, but those
- > are fairly minor changes (which I would be willing to do.)
-
- I like the idea and agree with your reasoning.
-
- > Cheers,
- >
- > Derek Fawcus
- >
- > A utility could be written to allow swapping a pair of inodes would
- > allow users who don't wish to re-mkfs their discs to move .badblocks to
- > inode 1
- >
-
- Now, if you were to also add a non-destructive mkfs to detect new spots that
- are marginal (or worse!), I suspect that your name would be placed in
- nomination for public acclaimation and perhaps even presented for the
- Birthday Honors List (right after Owen for coming up with mcc-interim)!
- <grin>
-
- Rick
-
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