Boot from some other device. I suggest http://lbt.linuxcare.com/ it is an ISO you burn to your CD-ROM. Then you can boot from it. Anyway, after you've booted so that no partition you need to check is needed to be mounted (eg. the "/" partition) then you can run badblocks on the device you need to check. There are three modes for badblocks. Two are non-destructive. The default is a readonly mode. I suggest using that unless you have reason to believe you need to use something stronger.
Good luck, Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 1:08 PM Subject: Non-destuctive hard drive testing > Is there anyway to do a non-destructive test on my hard drive on my RH7.x > box? I have data on it (+50GB) at the moment. > > I already have done fsck's on it... and everything appears normal. > > Trev. > > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
