From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 22 13:17:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA07777 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 22 May 1998 13:17:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lsmarso.dialup.access.net (lsmarso.dialup.access.net [166.84.254.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA07759 for ; Fri, 22 May 1998 13:17:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from larry@lsmarso.dialup.access.net) Received: (from larry@localhost) by lsmarso.dialup.access.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA01267; Fri, 22 May 1998 16:17:44 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from larry) Message-ID: <19980522161743.C1071@marso.com> Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 16:17:43 -0400 From: "Larry S. Marso" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Should I bad block scan? Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Is it *always* a good idea to bad block scan new disk partitions as a matter of practice, when initially creating freebsd partitions? Or does this introduce an element of uncertainty/instability? If it's always a good idea, why isn't it automatic? If it's not, is there a warning somewhere I've missed? Best regards -- Larry S. Marso larry@marso.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message