I ran badblocks -sv /dev/sda and another on /dev/sda3, system replied pass completed, 0 bad blocks found on both checks.
Thank you On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 10:59:57 -0400 (EDT), Marshal Newrock wrote > On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Monah Baki wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm installing gentoo 1.4 on a dual 600Mhz PIII machine. It detects both cpu's, > > but when I try to > > initialize the partitions: > > > > mke2fs -j /dev/sda1 > > mkswap /dev/sda2 > > mke2fs -j /dev/sda3 > > > > > > when I run mke2fs -j on sda3, the computer/keyboard freezes, and I have to reboot > > the > > machine. > > See if 'badblocks -sv /dev/sda3' completes successfully (and without > reporting errors). If it does, try 'badblocks -svw /dev/sda3' for a > destructive read-write test. This will take a while. > > You can also, if you want, check the entire disk by using /dev/sda > as the device. If it's a destructive test, this will wipe out everything > including the partition table. > > -- > Marshal Newrock, unemployed Linux user in Lansing, MI > Caution: Product will be hot after heating > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
