From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: [TUHS] mkfs somewhere else?
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 17:36:08 +1100 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1502081733480.3148@aneurin.horsfall.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHYQbfBg-EVfNDhC67PF4N5zz6mmx2Ka6nXN7igfh1L7yijNhQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 8 Feb 2015, Jacob Ritorto wrote:
> However, when I try to mkfs, I can see the heads trying to write on the
> headcrashed part of the disk. (Nice having those plexiglass covers!)
>
> Is there a way to tell mkfs (or perhaps some other program) to not try
> to write on the damaged cylinders?
Modify the driver itself?
I also wrote a paper on a "bad block" system, where something like inum
"-1" contained the list of bad sectors, but never saw it through.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-08 6:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-08 6:22 Jacob Ritorto
2015-02-08 6:36 ` Dave Horsfall [this message]
2015-02-08 7:03 ` Jacob Ritorto
2015-02-08 7:15 ` Jacob Ritorto
2015-02-08 17:34 ` Dave Horsfall
2015-02-08 18:52 ` Jacob Ritorto
2015-02-08 20:10 Norman Wilson
2015-02-12 15:29 ` Dave Horsfall
2015-02-12 15:50 ` cowan
2015-02-12 19:18 ` random832
2015-02-08 20:12 Norman Wilson
2015-02-08 20:20 Norman Wilson
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