Re: [tlug] Potentially Dying Hard Disk Questions

["Zev Blut" <zb@example.com>]

Hello,

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 18:02:56 +0600, A. Sajjad Zaidi <sajjad@example.com> wrote:
> One thing I've done with success is scanning the drive using badblocks
> and telling the filesystem to avoid those blocks (not supported on all
> fs). mkfs.ext[23] has an option to do this automatically.

> You can also partition the drive in such a way that the bad blocks are
> not used. I did this with a 45GB drive I had which had bad sectors at
> the start and in the end. I'm using the middle ~30GB as a cache for my
> proxy.

> Still, bad blocks have a tendency to spread once they appear. Try to
> only use the drive for unimportant/temporary data such as swap or cache.

I am running a check for bad blocks now, but I think it may be something
deeper
Nonetheless, I will definitely only use it for unimportant data.

Thanks,
Zev