On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 01:30:58PM +1000, Dan Horth wrote:
> At 9:06 AM -0400 14/5/00, John Aldrich wrote:
> >On Wed, 10 May 2000, Dan Horth wrote:
> >> Hi - I was just wondering if there was a "low level format" or
> > > initialize command / utility I could use to zero a disk. Can anyone
> >
>
At 9:06 AM -0400 14/5/00, John Aldrich wrote:
>On Wed, 10 May 2000, Dan Horth wrote:
>> Hi - I was just wondering if there was a "low level format" or
> > initialize command / utility I could use to zero a disk. Can anyone
>
>If it's scsi, just low-level it using the SCSI utils.
John - it is a
On Sun, May 14, 2000 at 09:06:45AM -0400, John Aldrich wrote:
> If it's scsi, just low-level it using the SCSI utils.
> Otherwise, it's my understanding that IDE drives are NOT
> supposed to be low-leveled. I suggest you "man e2fsck" and
> see if that'll do it. Just a reminder, though, that it
>
On Thu, 11 May 2000, Dan Horth wrote:
> Hi - I was just wondering if there was a "low level format" or
> initialize command / utility I could use to zero a disk. Can anyone
> tell me what utilities are used by the RH install process to do a
> format and check for bad blocks?
>
> basically I h
On Wed, 10 May 2000, Dan Horth wrote:
> Hi - I was just wondering if there was a "low level format" or
> initialize command / utility I could use to zero a disk. Can anyone
> tell me what utilities are used by the RH install process to do a
> format and check for bad blocks?
>
e2fsck
>
> basic
Hi - I was just wondering if there was a "low level format" or
initialize command / utility I could use to zero a disk. Can anyone
tell me what utilities are used by the RH install process to do a
format and check for bad blocks?
basically I have a disk that I know has bad blocks on it and I w
