[smartmontools-support]Re: LibPATA code issues / 2.6.16 (previously, 2.6.15.x)

[Jeff G. <jg...@po...>]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> You can force the disk to replace the bad sectors by doing a disk-level write:
>>
>> 	dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1 bs=4k
> 
> NOTE! Obviously don't do this before you've backed up the disk.  Depending 
> on the filesystem, you might just have overwritten something important, or 
> just your pr0n collection ;)
> 
> Jeff, please be a little more careful about telling people commands like 
> that. Some people might cut-and-paste the command without realizing what 
> it's doing as a way to "fix" their problem.

Agreed, though the original poster had already done a 400GB dd from 
/dev/zero...

	Jeff