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- From: jsteele@netcom.com (John Steele)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: HELP: Trouble installing LINUX on older HD
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.201341.13758@netcom.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 20:13:41 GMT
- References: <1993Jan26.102303.10863@wega.rz.uni-ulm.de> <C1Gqpx.4A7@world.std.com>
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- In <C1Gqpx.4A7@world.std.com> tgc@world.std.com (Terry Carlin) writes:
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- [stuff about how Faehnle Thomas' MFM bad track problems deleted]
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- >Use: mkfs -c /dev/whaterver howbig
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- >The -c option will cause mkfs to check for and map out bad blocks.
- >This probably should be a FAQ. ( I just search it.)
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- This "definitely" should be a FAQ. This is about the 50th time I've seen
- postings about this very same problem. Also SLS (Thanks Peter!) doesn't
- have the man pages for mkfs/fsck to explain the switches to either...
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- >Terry Carlin
- >tgc@world.std.com
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