On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 14:06, Ales Jagodnik wrote:

Thank you very much. Could you perhaps tell me the xt3 format command?

I will just run CD1 suse rescue , reformat existing partions to ext3 and swap (your command) , as they will all be the same size. Then I will run the e2fsck commands.

Ales

The command would be mkfs.ext3 /dev/hd?. Substitute your drive info for the ? -- Ken Schneider unix user since 1989 linux user since 1994 SuSE user since 1998 (5.2)

What I did and what I hope will work: 1)Reboot, put SuSE CD1, started install, partitioning 2)made 3 partitions, swap (no format!), / (ext3 format), /home (/ext3 format) 3)proceeded, so that Yast makes & formats the partitions, then canceled installation before any package has been installed 4) rebooted, put SuSE CD1, choose Rescue, booted to Rescue 5) SWAP: a) format: mkswap -c /dev/hdc1 b) for luck: badblock /dev/hdc1, yielded no results, great?!? 6) /: a)format again: mkfs.ext3 -j -c /dev/hdc2 b)for luck: e2fsck -c -f /dev/hdc2 yielded: File System was modified. 11/859872 files ... (0.0% non-contiguous) 35202/1716946 blocks IS THIS OK? 7) /home: format again: mkfs.ext3 -j -c /dev/hdc3, similar output 8) reboot, put SuSE CD1, started install, partitioning, choose current partition setup with NO FORMAT on swap, / and /home!, just mount points 9) package install etc... 10) WOW my third fresh install this week, I'am totally stressed out, luckily I have sort of an express backup always ready, but compiling fluxbox every time is not that great :) 3. questions remain: 1) WHAT TO DO IF MORE BAD BLOCKS HAPPEN? WHAT COMMANDS TO RUN?, SAME? WHAT DOES e2fsck DO WITH FILES SAVED ON BADBLOCKS? 2) HOW SURE CAN I BE, THAT MY PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED (BADBLOCKS SAFELY PLACED AWAY FROM USE)? IS THERE A COMMAND I CAN RUN WHILE FS IS MOUNTED TO CHECK? 3) WILL REGULAR CHECK ON BOOT (every 20 boots as it says) FIND & CORRECT POSSIBLE BADBLOCKS?