On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 10:23:11PM -0700, Jerry Williams wrote: > 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! Why don't you install without checking for bad blocks and see what happens. Sounds like a bug in the bad block checker of the installer. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University 715 Stadium Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
