Re: [ilugd] Utility for checking for phyusical bad sectors in a Drive

2004-08-20 Thread Kapil Sethi
Hi, --- Amit Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there any utility for checking a hard drive > for > > > bad sectors? > > > I only know of fsck that checks the file system > > > integrity. > > > I want to verify if my disks have physical > errors > > on > > > them. > > > Thanks > > > Vikra

Re: [ilugd] Utility for checking for phyusical bad sectors in a Drive

2004-08-20 Thread Amit Sharma
--- jayant M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > not sure try > #man fsck > -jayant > --- Vikram Ranade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there any utility for checking a hard drive for > > bad sectors? > > I only know of fsck that checks the file system > > integrity. > > I want to verify if my disk

Re: [ilugd] Utility for checking for phyusical bad sectors in a Drive

2004-08-20 Thread jayant M
not sure try #man fsck -jayant --- Vikram Ranade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any utility for checking a hard drive for > bad sectors? > I only know of fsck that checks the file system > integrity. > I want to verify if my disks have physical errors on > them. > Thanks > Vikram Ranade > _

Re: [ilugd] Utility for checking for phyusical bad sectors in a Drive

2004-08-17 Thread Sudev Barar
On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 10:58, Vikram Ranade wrote: > Is there any utility for checking a hard drive for bad sectors? > I only know of fsck that checks the file system integrity. > I want to verify if my disks have physical errors on them. man badblocks -- Sudev Barar Learning Linux _

[ilugd] Utility for checking for phyusical bad sectors in a Drive

2004-08-17 Thread Vikram Ranade
Is there any utility for checking a hard drive for bad sectors? I only know of fsck that checks the file system integrity. I want to verify if my disks have physical errors on them. Thanks Vikram Ranade ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fr