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- From: card@masi.ibp.fr (Remy CARD)
- Subject: Re: ext fs question (.badblocks)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.133843.2536@jussieu.fr>
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- Organization: Laboratoire MASI - Universite Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris - France
- References: <orman.724229253@vislab.me.iastate.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 13:38:43 GMT
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- In article <orman.724229253@vislab.me.iastate.edu> orman@iastate.edu (David L Orman) writes:
- >does mkefs still make a /.badblocks with the -c option? I was
- >reinstalling and tried it and I didnt get a .badblocks I got made
- >errors as the scan was done however, so I know there is some bad spots.
- >the command I used was:
- >mkefs -c /dev/hdb1 xxxxxx
- >
- >I forget the number of blocks, anyway its an RLL drive with known bad
- >areas so whats the deal.... is it ok or not?
- >
-
- mkefs now uses a reserved inode (inode #2) to store the bad blocks.
- This inode does not appear in the filesystem tree any more because it was
- leading to problems (root could delete the .badblocks file or save it during
- a backup).
-
- So, even if you don't see a .badblocks file with ls, don't worry. The
- bad blocks are recorded and won't be use in the fs.
-
-
- Remy
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- Remy Card
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