[ale] [Fwd: Help save my hard drive!!]

[Benjamin Scherrey]

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Please pardon the forwarded message & repost. First one didn't appear
to get posted. This list does send postings back to the original
sender still, right?
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Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 01:05:34 -0600
 From: Benjamin Scherrey <scherrey at switchco.com>
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To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts Group <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Help save my hard drive!!
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I've got a laptop running RedHat 5.1 that's getting ide resets when
reading a particular file. I'm pretty positive its a bad spot on the
drive as everything's working fine as long as I don't access that file
(or a file written to its place). Rebooting and everything else is
cool. 

Now... what utilities are there that can check an ide hard drive and
mark blocks as bad so it won't try to access them again? Can I do this
without reformatting my system? Appreciate any help!

	thanx & later,

		Ben Scherrey

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