On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 14:06:39 -0600 Ed Wilts <ewilts@ewilts.org> wrote: > > Secondly, you don't really want to mark out bad blocks, you want to > replace the drive. I have yet to see a drive that has lasted for any > period of time with bad blocks marked - all have been indicative of a > pending hard failure, and I've been mananging systems for 20+ years. This is pretty misleading, since every harddisk made comes from the factory w/ bad blocks. Yes, if you start seeing more bad blocks show up, you've got problems, but the the very fact that bad blocks exist doesn't mean that your disk is bad. -- Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE For Web Services and Linux Consulting, Visit --> j2Solutions.net Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
