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Date:      Fri, 7 Dec 2012 14:48:18 -0800
From:      Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com>
To:        Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com>, CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl>
Subject:   Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features
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On Dec 7, 2012, at 2:39 PM, Devin Teske wrote:

>=20
> On Dec 7, 2012, at 2:30 PM, CeDeROM wrote:
>=20
>> Hello Chuck :-)
>>=20
>> DD cannot perform non-destructive test.. unless I do dd if=3D/dev/ada0s2a
>> of=3D/dev/ada0s2a :-) Do you think drives are now smart enough to remap
>> badblocks this way? What is the probability that there are no badblocks =
or
>> badblocks are not detected this way?
>>=20
>=20
> SpinRite is one way to find/correct bad blocks non-destructively (it will=
 even do its best to resurrect data from bad blocks using intense heuristic=
 analysis).
>=20
> NOTE: SpinRite is not free (see grc.com)
>=20
> Also, maybe I should mention my own LiveCD/Rescue disc (which does have t=
he badblocks program you're looking for):
>=20
> FreeBSD-9.0_Druid-1.0b60.iso
> or
> FreeBSD-8.3_Druid-1.0b60.iso
>=20
> (the former for 9.x and the latter for 8.x).
>=20

D'Oh, actually.. I don't have badblocks =85 just badsect (different program=
s with different purposes).
--=20
Devin


>=20
>=20
>> Which pattern is better for format 0x00 or 0xFF or one after another or
>> dont care? I think badblocks is quite useful in this case even in
>> destructive mode..
>>=20
>> Btw. I have moved discussion to freebsd-stable , sorry for a mess :-)
>>=20
>> Best regards :-)
>> Tomek
>>=20
>> --
>> CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
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