[SunRescue] bad blocks test from prom?

[josh grubman]

if they're read errors, use 'format' under solaris (you can do this from
cdrom) and run 'analyze' then 'read' -- if the blocks are remappable,
this will fix your disk.

On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Gregory Leblanc wrote:

> I have a couple of 1GB disks that I just snagged, and one of them is giving
> me some nasty errors, which look a lot like bad blocks errors.  I'm running
> linux on there now, but e2fsck run on that drive doesn't appear to have
> "fixed" the errors.  On my 3940UW I have something in the disk utilities
> where I can check the disks for errors, unfortunately I don't have a wide
> cable to hook the external chassis up.  Any way to do this from the prom on
> a SPARCstation 20?  Thanks,
> 	Greg
> 
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