Bad sector
Gene Heskett
gene.heskett at verizon.net
Sun Jun 18 11:17:17 UTC 2006
J.L. Coenders wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I have a problem.
> Smartd reports that I have bad sectors on my disk. I have tried checking it
> with badblocks which also reports bad sectors.
> I believe I have heard it is possible to repair this in a software manner. Is
> this true, or do I need to buy a new disk?
>
> Btw, fsck does not report any problems.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeroen
>
Then now is a good time to make a backup, and go buy a new disk, its on
its way out.
--
Cheers, Gene
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