> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nurullah Akkaya > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 1:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: bad block > > what is the command to activate bad block on a swap partion > -- > Nurullah Akkaya > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Registered Linux User #301438 > > What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny > matters compared to what lies within us. > > "If at first an idea is not absurd, there is no hope for it" > Albert Einstein > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
You do understand that bad blocks on a disk or ignored by the OS automatically, but a disk has a whole bunch of spare blocks and that you need to run a disk utility routine to removes the bad blocks and replaces them with the spare blocks. When the spare blocks are used up then it will not replace the bad blocks but reduce the size of the disk by the bad blocks. Reformatting the disk may get rid of the bad blocks, but in all likely hood if you have blocks that are bad then the disk is on its way to failure. The recommendation is to backup the disk try reformatting and restore the disk, if you can't do that then run a disk utility that will remove the bad blocks and replace them with spare blocks. To answer your question more directly I don't know of any command from any OS that replaces bad blocks, that requires a low level disk utility that you can get from the disk manufacturer. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
