From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 1 14:09:00 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C1C916A4CE for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:09:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccmmhc91.asp.att.net (sccmmhc91.asp.att.net [204.127.203.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98D0843D1D for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:08:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from josh@tcbug.org) Received: from [10.0.0.10] (12-218-21-193.client.mchsi.com[12.218.21.193]) by sccmmhc91.asp.att.net (sccmmhc91) with ESMTP id <20050401140902m9100pvvj2e>; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:09:03 +0000 From: Josh Paetzel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:08:57 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <200504010325.j313P6vJ041793@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> In-Reply-To: <200504010325.j313P6vJ041793@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200504010808.58032.josh@tcbug.org> cc: Olivier Nicole Subject: Re: Testing/repairing IDE drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 14:09:00 -0000 On Thursday 31 March 2005 21:25, Olivier Nicole wrote: > Hi > > Hi have an IDE drive (bit old) that is starting to develop bad > blocks. > > Is there a tool to scan the disk and reassign/block (I don't care > loosing some space on that disk) the bad bocks? > > > Best regards, > > Olivier Most manufacturers have utilities on their website that you can download and put onto a floppy. Generally this floppy is bootable and will perform diagnostics on the drive. -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel