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When you install redhat you can do surface test so it got to be with redhat linux, fsck will do surface test but it will not mark them as bad blocks <br />

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When you install redhat you can do surface test so it got to be with redhat linux, fsck will do surface test but it will not mark them as bad blocks


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Yes, I knew about fsck, but I wanted to check disk surface<br />
like dos/win chekdisk, looking for bad blocks and<br />
marking them if in that case. I found out there is a command<br />
called &quot;badblocks&quot; &nbsp;that works just fine. <br />

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Yes, I knew about fsck, but I wanted to check disk surface
like dos/win chekdisk, looking for bad blocks and
marking them if in that case. I found out there is a command
called "badblocks"  that works just fine.


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hmmm, well im glad i -almost- helped you. &nbsp;:)<br />
duh, badblocks, i should have remembered that myself.<br />

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hmmm, well im glad i -almost- helped you.  :)
duh, badblocks, i should have remembered that myself.


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Is there a Linux application where I can perform a disk<br />
surface test on a Linux partition? Where can I get it?
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Is there a Linux application where I can perform a disk
surface test on a Linux partition? Where can I get it?

Linux application-- disk surface test ?

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