[linux-help] Re: disk surface problems?

[j m wagle <jmwagle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jonathan and Phrostie:

but HOW can I tell what the swap device is?  Remember i am not very
bright :).

sorry for the repeated questions
mike in wichita

Jonathan Hall wrote:
> 
> yes, the -c switch also works for mkfs... it simply runs badblocks.
> 
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2000 at 04:43:44AM +0000, phrostie wrote:
> > mkswap has a switch -c that tells it to check for bad
> > blocks.
> >
> > i've been having trouble too.
> >
> > remember to do a swapoff <device>
> > then swapon <device> when your done.
> >
> >
> > j m wagle wrote:
> > >
> > > Thank you, badblocks works like a champ.
> > > Now... (sorry, one more question), how do I access my 'swap' space?
> > > I do a 'df' and display my /dev/hda## (where ## = 05 to 11), but my
> > > 'swap' is not shown.  (sorry if this is not the way to pose the
> > > question, but I think that the swap space is were my 'bad block'
> > > is).

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