Try: badblocks -v -n /dev/hdb1 HTH, Chuck Patrick Gelin wrote: > > Hi, > > I suspect bad blocs in my Hard disk, so I try the commande: > > e2fsck -c /dev/hdb1 (hdb1 not mounted) > > it calls badblocks, but it's very very long... after half a day I've checked > only 1/10 of my hard disk (IDE - 20 Go) > > 1. Is it normal? > > 2. Can I do something else? > > Thanks. > -- > Patrick GELIN > rue du Beau-Site, 3 > CH-2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds > Tel: +41 (0)32 / 913 41 48 > Email: patrick.gelin@xxxxxxx > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html