On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 21:01, Jeremy S Robertson wrote:
> I'm now trying a new installation of redhat on my desktop. However, the
> installation detected bad blocks and aborted the installation. 
> 
> What should I do to mark the bad blocks so I can install?

My personal opinion (experience) is that bad blocks are a sign it's time
to get a new drive. :-(

If you're really insistent, you could format the drive by hand. I won't
say more than

mke2fs -c

As you're taking the responsibility for your actions, a little reading
of man pages is in order.

-- 
Stuart Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED], AIM:StuartMJansen>

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