Re: anoconda

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On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 06:07:13PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 04:03:34PM -0600, Ed Wilts wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 02:49:39PM -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > > fsck will test your disk for bad blocks and allow you to map them out.
> > 
> > Really?  Which option in fsck?  fsck is normally used to check and
> > repair file systems, and this isn't a file system issue.
> 
> Sure it is... where do you think the file system is kept?  In blocks,
> on the disk.  Though, you're right; the command for this is badblocks.

And the disk is on the controller and the controller is typically on the
motherboard which need working memory, cpu, etc.  I wouldn't expect fsck 
to test all of those either.  That's why we have the badblocks utility
(and memtest and others).

        .../Ed

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