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From: greg@mobius.Viewlogic.COM (Gregory Larkin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Bad blocks on disk which are already allocated
Message-ID: <1990Dec7.173018@mobius.Viewlogic.COM>
Date: 7 Dec 90 22:30:18 GMT
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Reply-To: greg@mobius.Viewlogic.COM (Gregory Larkin)
Organization: Viewlogic Systems, Inc., Marlboro, MA
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Hi all,

I am having problems with my hard disk in my AT (again :-( ).  My
problem is, since I formatted and ran badblocks, etc., I now have
a few more blocks which have gone bad in the last few weeks.  When
I try to run badblocks on the blocks in question, of course it says
"block is already allocated."  

Is there anyway I can find out the file occupying the blocks, and/or
is there a way to "release" the block from the allocated list, so
it can be marked as bad by badblocks??

Any help will be greatly appreciated,
--
Greg Larkin (ASIC Engineer)
Viewlogic Systems, Inc. (The CAE Company)
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