From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263158AbTLXCQt (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:16:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263205AbTLXCQt (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:16:49 -0500 Received: from amber.ccs.neu.edu ([129.10.116.51]:7879 "EHLO amber.ccs.neu.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263158AbTLXCQs (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:16:48 -0500 Subject: Re: Question about badblocks on SWAP partitions From: Stan Bubrouski To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <20031224004108.GA15256@win.tue.nl> References: <1072225317.2947.153.camel@duergar> <20031224004108.GA15256@win.tue.nl> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1072232202.2947.158.camel@duergar> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:16:44 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 19:41, Andries Brouwer wrote: > swapoff? > Ok problem solved, I totally forgot about badblocks. It's been soooo long since I've had a disk with actual physical errors (I've had my share of dead disks however!). Anyways I just ran badblocks and remade the swap partition avoiding those blocks. Thanks to all the people who mailed me off the list to remind of this simple solution. Best Regards, sb