Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:34:27 +0100 From: Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features Message-ID: <50C26EF3.5070300@ose.nl> In-Reply-To: <50C26999.6090802@gmail.com> References: <CAFYkXj=R=V=3pUH9FbKq3pdqtga-EuJuTB1avZxi2bkLhUs5WA@mail.gmail.com> <50C26999.6090802@gmail.com>
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On 12/07/12 23:11, Chuck Burns wrote: > On 12/7/2012 3:50 PM, CeDeROM wrote: >> Hello :-) >> >> I have tried to chceck for badblocks on my / but I did not find >> badblocks >> program on LiveCD and there is no option to install it. This is very >> useful >> utility, please add it as part of LiveCD :-) >> >> Also there is a problem with DHCP based workstations using LiveCD - >> although interface gets configured it is impossible to update >> /etc/resolv.conf (by dhclient and by hand) and so this workstation >> pretty >> useless for IPv4 (is it more usable on IPv6?). Please update :-) >> >> Thank you :-) >> Tomek >> >> > > dd if=/dev/zer of=/dev/ada0 > > ^^^ There's your "badblocks" program. Any hard drive made in the last > decade have been self-remapping.. Attempting to write to a bad block > will cause the hard drive to remap an unused sector into it's place, > until the drive runs out of said "unused" backup sectors, and at that > time, will begin simply begin just "losing" storage space... IE the > number of total sectors on the drive will begin to shrink. > :) /dev/zero Badblocks is outdated for more than 17 years I guess The dd mentioned above will let the firmware remap all bad sectors until there are no spare sectors left (and wipe anything on disk as a bonus :) ;then you can begin to think about replacing your harddrive. As for DHCP, it works for me when booting from a netinstall for instance or going to fixit. Tomek, please try to describe more accurately what you are doing and try to accomplish Cheershome | help
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