Re: Re: Corruption: --fix-fixable results in all nlink

[Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>]

Alexander Saers wrote:

>And sometimes you are using old disks (20 gb or so) that has around 500kb of
>bad blocks. They dont have warranty and i think it would be a waste to just
>trow them away.
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>/Alexander
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Hans Reiser" <reiser@namesys.com>
>To: "Anders Widman" <andewid@tnonline.net>
>Cc: "ReiserFS List" <reiserfs-list@namesys.com>
>Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 12:14 PM
>Subject: Re: [reiserfs-list] Re: Corruption: --fix-fixable results in all
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>>Anders Widman wrote:
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>>>>Why not get rid of the "bad block" thing one for all.
>>>>If a current SCSI or ATA disk show bad blocks (the remapping do not work
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>>>>longer) replace the disk! The manufacturer have to replace it if the
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>warranty
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>>>>didn't expired.
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>>>Bad Block relocation is nothing that really can be trusted, on either
>>>IDE nor SCSI drives. User wants their filesystem to be robust and
>>>safe, even if the drive has damaged blocks. Many filesystems,
>>>including very old ones has bad blocks handling, and it has saved many
>>>people from troubles too.
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>>>>-Dieter
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>>Sometimes you can't replace the drive immediately (e.g. laptop while
>>traveling abroad), and then it is useful to have badblocks handling.
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The cost of losing data due to more blocks going bad is usually much 
more than the cost of the drives....