Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:53:24 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Formatting a harddisk with defective sectors Message-ID: <20080819165324.GA45352@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20080819183109.5afce9f1.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20080819183109.5afce9f1.freebsd@edvax.de>
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--45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 06:31:09PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > Hi! >=20 > I have an 8 GB harddisk that I want to use in a Intel P1 / 150 MHz > with 128 MB EDO-RAM system. Yes, that's for real. This harddisk has > one defective sector which causes the installation that's already on > this disk to complain about not being able to clean the /home partition > via fsck. >=20 > My question: Is there a way to exclude the defective sectors from being > accessible at the time the disk is completely initialized for a new > install (slices, partitions, format, tunefs)? Goal: As long as the > defective sectors won't multiply, if nobody ever touches them, the > disk should run fine. See badsect(8). Use between mkfs and install (hint: switch to "holographic shell"). Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkiq+oQACgkQEnfvsMMhpyXdlQCgphOdbg7vE19H8TuwHoU/bng8 imMAn05RLrR2CG5KcjZONQEJC8//+Cui =HRss -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq--
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