I have tried to install RH9 several times. This machine has been running
RH8.0 just fine. I tried to install RH9 as a fresh install and have it
check for bad blocks on each file system. It is a Dell Computer with a
Maxtor 30Gig IDE disk. When it failed I did the crtl+alt+d to test the disk
and it passed. So then I loaded their diagnostics and ran it and it passed.
So then I did an install and just selected MIN install and had it check for
bad blocks and it worked. So then I tried again and selected what I really
wanted and it failed. So then I got a copy of a crash recovery cd RH8.0 and
ran badblock -svw /dev/hda and it passed. The question I have is what
command is run when you select ext3 and check for bad blocks? I was looking
at the man page for mke2fs and it says:
-c Check the device for bad blocks before creating the file
system.
If this option is specified twice, then a slower,
destructive,
read-write test is used instead of a fast read-only test.
So is RH9 doing -c or -c -c? Or is it using some other command?
Thanks!
