[plug] reiserfs & bad sectors

[Adrian Woodley]

Yeah, I'm thinking that it might not be worth it. A new drive sounds like the go
and I'll keep the other one as a windows based game drive :) My Segate CD should
be able to low-level format and mark the bad sectors.

Quoting Arie Hol <arie99 at ozemail.com.au>:

> 
> Would it be possible to rearrange the partitions so that the bad sectors
> are
> in an unused area between partitions (that is if they are not too
> widespread
> across the disk)e.g.:
> 
> <partition1> <bad sectors> <partition2> <bad sectors> <partition3>
> <bad
> sectors> <partition4>
> 
> But then maybe the drive is dying anyway - is it worth the risk and
> the
> hassles ?
> 
> 
> At 07:06 PM 05-06-2002 +0800, you wrote:
> >G'Day all,
> >    Is anyone aware if reiserfs can store information about bad sectors
> the way
> >ext2/3 can? I've got a laptop HD with bad sectors in the last
> partition
> where my
> >woody/sid mirror is located. At this stage the system still works,
> although any
> >attempt to take a copy of the mirror causes an IDE lockup. A
> reiserfsck
> >--rebuild-tree generates a long list of errors. While a new HD is not
> the
> >expensive ($185 for 10gig), I'd like to be able to use this one.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Adrian Woodley
> >Diskworld Computer & IT
> >www.Diskworld.com.au
> >
> >Australian Linux Conference, Perth 2003
> >conf.linux.org.au
> >
> >
> Regards Arie
> 
> >--------------------------------------------<
> 
> For the concert of life, nobody has a program.
> 
> >--------------------------------------------<
> 
> 



Regards,
Adrian Woodley
Diskworld Computer & IT
www.Diskworld.com.au

Australian Linux Conference, Perth 2003
conf.linux.org.au