On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:13:20 +0000 Frank Murphy <frankly3d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > /sbin/badblocks > > has informed that there are 5 bad blocks on a hd. > Not in a position to replace at the moment, > Only dust in the wallet. > > Had a look at e2fsck > man e2fsck > > -l filename > -L filename > > Is the "filename" automatically created. > or something I need do. > The fs is ext4. > > To my mad eyes it looks like: > e2fsck -ccvp (as single user?) Yes -ckvp should do what you want - but 1. modern drives do block recovery and sparing themselves so when a bad block is written it should go away again 2. if they can't it can indicate imminent total failure So I would do the fsck to clean up any files containing the bad blocks, then do a verify on the drive (probably easiest from the BIOS if it has the option) and/or runm a smart test on it (see smartctl If you want to try and fix them you may find http://www2.uic.edu/~aciani1/sector_blues.html useful. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
