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 -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@ewilts.org Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list