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Re: [SLE] e2fsck command
  • From: "Carlos E. R." <robin1.listas@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 21:58:00 +0200 (CEST)
  • Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0410102153590.6994@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The Saturday 2004-10-09 at 21:17 +0200, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:

> > fsck does in fact pass options to fsck.ext3
> Yes, but does fsck.ext3 check for bad blocks as that is what I am trying to
> get done here.

Yes. man fsck.ext3 will tell you how.


> I did a search on man and apropos of smartctl and came up with nothing. Even
> the SuSE help couldn't find anything in GUI mode. :(

You did not look hard enough. Obviously, man something or apropos
something can not work till you install that something, don't you think?

> If I remember correctly SMART is a technology implemented by the BIOS and so I
> shall check there too.

It is implemented by the HD bios, let's say. It can also be supported or
enabled from the Bios config.

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Cheers,
Carlos Robinson

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