Make_bad_sector

Make_bad_sector

[Greg Freemyer]

On Jan 28, 2008 3:43 PM, Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca> 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
>
Mark,

I asked on the SUSE list and was informed by Philipp Thomas of Novell
(cc'ed) that the only mention of make_bad_sector in the hdparm-7.7
source is in a todo list.

Sounds like a useful tool, so I was hoping to encourage suse to
include it with future releases.

Thanks
Greg
-- 
Greg Freemyer
Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist
http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer
First 99 Days Litigation White Paper -
http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf

The Norcross Group
The Intersection of Evidence & Technology
http://www.norcrossgroup.com

Re: Make_bad_sector

[Mark Lord]

Greg Freemyer wrote:
> On Jan 28, 2008 3:43 PM, Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca> 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
>>
> Mark,
> 
> I asked on the SUSE list and was informed by Philipp Thomas of Novell
> (cc'ed) that the only mention of make_bad_sector in the hdparm-7.7
> source is in a todo list.
> 
> Sounds like a useful tool, so I was hoping to encourage suse to
> include it with future releases.
..

Shoot!  You are correct, dagnabbit.
I'll have to put out a new release soonish, then.

Cheers