Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:06:44 -0500 | From | Gene Heskett <> | Subject | Re: Problem with ata layer in 2.6.24 |
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On Monday 28 January 2008, Mark Lord wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Monday 28 January 2008, Mark Lord wrote: >>.. >> >>> Another way is to use the "make_bad_sector" utility that >>> is included in the source tarball for hdparm-7.7, as follows: >>> >>> make_bad_sector --readback /dev/sda 474507 >> >> Apparently not in the rpm, darnit. > >.. > >That's okay. It should still be in the SRPM source file. >And it's a tiny download from sourceforge.net: > >http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&type_of_search=soft&words >=hdparm > >Cheers
That's ok, dd seemed to do the job also.
Thanks Mark.
-- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. -- Henry Spencer
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