how to adjust mkfs parameters?

Hi, installing squeeze from network.iso on a hp tc4400 laptop on a 16GB SD-card. Setup is two logical volumes on LUKS I need to do a mkfs.ext3 -c to do a bad block check before formatting. how can this be done? Reason (skip this if in hurry): I'm a bit in Trouble installing to a 16 GB SD-Ca

Bug concerning Keyboard Layout when installing on ecrypted lvm

Hi guys, I installed debian testing (network installation image downloaded in June 22) and had afterwards troube with entering the passphrase for the encrypted LVM i creted using the debian installer. I configured the system to use a de-latin1 keyboard layout, which I think is beeing used du