On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Bob Clark wrote: > You need to create a file containing the block numbers of > the bad blocks. The badblocks program should work. Then > run e2fsck -L on the *un-mounted* filesystem. See the > manpages for badblocks and e2fsck. You may still need to > re-make the filesystem on the affected partition. I would > repeat e2fsck -f -L badblock_filename device_name until a > clean check is achieved and cross your fingers.
However, if you repeat this, and the filesystem keeps getting more and more badblocks, the problem is getting worse (e.g. it's slowly crashing). Brandon ----- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "We all know linux is great... it PGP: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] does infinite loops in 5 seconds" Phone: (757) 221-4847 --Linus Trovalds -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .