minix man page for badblock

BADBLOCKS(8)						      System Manager's Manual						      BADBLOCKS(8)

NAME
       badblocks - put a list of bad blocks in a file

SYNOPSIS
       badblocks block_special [block] ...

EXAMPLES
       badblocks /dev/hd1  # Handle bad blocks on /dev/hd1

       badblocks /dev/hd3 310 570 1680
			   # Three bad blocks on /dev/hd3

DESCRIPTION
       If a device contains bad sectors, it is important to not have them allocated to important files.  This program makes it possible to collect
       up to 7 bad blocks into a dummy file, so they will not be allocated for a 'real' file.  When the program starts up, it asks for a  list	of
       bad blocks, unless they are provided as arguments.  Then it creates a file whose name is of the form .Bad_xxxxx, where xxxxx is a pid.

SEE ALSO
       readall(1).

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