From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262790AbTLXAWG (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:22:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262792AbTLXAWG (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:22:06 -0500 Received: from amber.ccs.neu.edu ([129.10.116.51]:44454 "EHLO amber.ccs.neu.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262790AbTLXAWE (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:22:04 -0500 Subject: Question about badblocks on SWAP partitions From: Stan Bubrouski To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1072225317.2947.153.camel@duergar> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:21:58 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hey Guys, This isn't a bug report, just a request for a little help. I have an old p166 (32mb RAM). It has an old 2.0.36 kernel installed and the primary disk appears to have some bad blocks in the SWAP partition causing the system to throw out some disk errors and go crazy. This system is not a system I use often, I'm just using it now to examine the contents of some old disks. What can I do to avoid the bad blocks on the SWAP partition without reformatting anything or the likes? I really don't want to do anything to disturb the data on the primary disk, and I don't want to use any of the disks I have lying around, since they have a great many files I'd love to keep at this point. I don't want to put any work into this system at all, it's really just used to read old disks. Any ideas? Thanks, sb