howto run badblocks using fedora rescue mode
Bruno Wolff III
bruno at wolff.to
Sat Dec 13 15:17:57 UTC 2008
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 18:24:33 -0500,
Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Problem is, using fedora install disk in rescue mode mounts the file system I want to check. I tried remounting them ro, but it still would not allow
>
> e2fsck -c -c
You might be better off using smartctl to have the disk scan itself.
Modern disks remap bad blocks for you when possible. So it is possible
for you to have a failing drive and not have badblocks spot any.
You can usually have the disks do a self test while your system is running.
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