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  • Comment: How to get badblocks list

    thanks for your reply. I definitely read man e2fsck. In fact, if e2fsck had indicated it was necessary to read the badblocks man page I would have done. However, my question was about dumping the bad blocks list. Not searching for the sectors again! I've since tracked that down to yet another tool: dumpe2fs -b Cheers.

    2008-02-25 23:20:31 UTC in Ext2 Filesystems Utilities

  • Comment: Block bitmap differences clarification request

    Hi. What was the rationale for rejecting this? Jon.

    2007-07-18 19:14:56 UTC in Ext2 Filesystems Utilities

  • Block bitmap differences clarification request

    [Filed an email I sent, not sure if it got through Tytso] > Hello, > > > > Could what "Block bitmap differences" be clarified in the message > > please? I'm a programmer, and it still doesn't seem clear what it is > > (other than some sort of discrepancy). > > > > Jon > > > > ======== > > root@2[media]# fsck.ext3 -c -v /dev/sdb3 > > e2fsck 1.39-WIP (09-Apr-2006) > > Checking for...

    2006-12-01 16:25:22 UTC in Ext2 Filesystems Utilities

  • How to get badblocks list

    Hello. I would like to get a text copy of the bad blocks list on a particular partition, do you know if there is a way to get this please? Jon.

    2006-12-01 16:20:55 UTC in Ext2 Filesystems Utilities

  • How to check an entire drive for badblocks

    Hello, I am using e2fsck 1.39-WIP on Knoppix 5.0 boot DVD at present. I have a SATA drive I believe is failing, I am looking for a way to check the whole drive, rather than individual partitions for errors. is this possible? Kind regards Jon.

    2006-12-01 16:19:36 UTC in Ext2 Filesystems Utilities

  • Unable to run mke2fs badblocks on new partition

    Hello, I get this when trying to run badblocks on a new partition: "/dev/sda1 is apparently in use by the system; it's not safe to run badblocks!" I am not sure how it could be in use, I only created it just then with fdisk after booting from Knoppix boot CD. Could the message indicate a detailed reason why it thinks it is in use by the "System" please? does that mean the kernel is...

    2006-12-01 16:17:08 UTC in Ext2 Filesystems Utilities

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