From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: chuck gelm net <chuck@gelm.net>
Subject: Re: Badblocs too long...
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 20:48:56 -0500
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Try:

badblocks -v -n /dev/hdb1

HTH, Chuck

Patrick Gelin wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I suspect bad blocs in my Hard disk, so I try the commande:
> 
> e2fsck -c /dev/hdb1 (hdb1 not mounted)
> 
> it calls badblocks, but it's very very long... after half a day I've checked
> only 1/10 of my hard disk (IDE - 20 Go)
> 
> 1. Is it normal?
> 
> 2. Can I do something else?
> 
> Thanks.
> --
> Patrick GELIN
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