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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] Suse 10.1 doesn't start anymore.: help!
From:       Felix Miata <mrmazda () ij ! net>
Date:       2006-10-18 14:27:07
Message-ID: 453639BB.20009 () ij ! net
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On 06/10/18 10:13 (GMT-0400) Marco Fioretti apparently typed:

> Felix Miata wrote:

>> I replaced the HD. Try running several passes of badblocks
>> on the partition holding yours to see if your problem might too 
>> be the HD

> Thanks for the tip. However, I have found here:

> http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man8/badblocks.8.html

> that "it is strongly recommended that users not run badblocks directly,
> but rather use the -c option of the e2fsck and mke2fs programs".

> shouldn't I do that instead? Or, better, "e3fsck -c", since these are
> ext3 file systems?

AFAIK, fsck is geared to filesystem integrity checking, while badblocks is
geared to physical device checking. If you suspect the physical device might
be a problem, then you want to thoroughly test that physical device.
Naturally, do it while it is unmounted.
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