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- From: tgc@world.std.com (Terry Carlin)
- Subject: Re: HELP: Trouble installing LINUX on older HD
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- References: <1993Jan26.102303.10863@wega.rz.uni-ulm.de>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:27:32 GMT
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- S_FAEHNLE@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de (Faehnle Thomas) writes:
- : Hi LINUX-users!
- :
- : I got a *BIG* problem installing LINUX on an older 40 Meg MFM harddisk.
- : On this HD some tracks are damaged---no problem, I thought, just specify
- : them when formatting the disk with the BIOS utility. But when I want to
- : install LINUX it ignores the bad-track-marks and so it's gonna hiccup
- : every time he wants to write on a bad track (no wonder). I think You can
- : imagine that this is extremely annoying....
- :
- : So this is my question: Does anyone of You ( <-- experienced LINUX-users )
- : know how to mark bad tracks on a HD under LINUX ???
- Use: mkfs -c /dev/whaterver howbig
-
- The -c option will cause mkfs to check for and map out bad blocks.
- This probably should be a FAQ. ( I just search it.)
-
- : Any answer would be a great help!
- :
- : Many thanks from a forward-looking LINUX newcomer.
- : Bye, Thomas.
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- Terry Carlin
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