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Date:      Sun, 1 Mar 2009 19:28:44 +0100
From:      Daniel Lannstrom <op@trekdanne.se>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: badblocks on sata drive
Message-ID:  <20090301182844.GA30055@haruhi>
In-Reply-To: <49AAD148.3040805@web.de>
References:  <49AAD148.3040805@web.de>

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If a modern hard drive begins to let bad blocks through it's internal
block relocation mechanics have failed. I recommend to take backup on
everthing on that disk because this is usually a sign that the disk 
will die shortly. 

On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 07:17:44PM +0100, Marco wrote:
> hej list,
> 
> during dd tests i encounter hardware problems with my harddisk. is there
> a way to mark parts of the hdd as "bad" so those are not used anymore?
> 
> best regards,
>  marco
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