Re: "Forever" fsck?
- From: joseph2k <quiettechblue@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:36:23 GMT
Grant wrote:
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 04:00:29 GMT, joseph2k <quiettechblue@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
John Thompson wrote:
On 2006-09-20, joseph2k <quiettechblue@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Andrew Gideon wrote:
On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 07:38:23 +0000, joseph2k wrote:
I personally am in favor of reformatting the partition to say NTFS
then
back to EXT3. After running smartmontools of course.
I understand the benefit (and cost) of a reformat. But why "through"
NTFS (or anything else other than ext3)?
Precisely, something very different than ext3. Then when you reformat
back
the reformatting is 100% real; no shortcuts. I have had this make all
the difference.
Why not just "vfat" then? Less filesystem cruft to create if you're just
going to blow it away again right away.
I have found that the characteristic distribution of vfat cruft does not
always wipe the areas needed, whereas ntfs just seems to work better for
this task. YMMV
Try: 'dd if=/dev/zero bs=4k of=/dev/hdX' prior to any formatting, not only
clears the partition, it gives the IDE smarts a chance to remap iffy
sectors.
This format as something else and back to whatever is a stupid idea, IMHO.
Grant.
If i had the smarts to write a program to smash any partition or disk with
ramdom data a one or more times i would use that. Followed by zero to the
whole partition to eliminate cruft where boot loaders usually occupy.
Perhaps there is something like /dev/random to generate the total garbage
desired. Do you know?
--
JosephKK
Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.
--Schiller
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