Re: 9.1-RC3 LiveCD missing features

On Dec 7, 2012, at 2:39 PM, Devin Teske wrote:

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> On Dec 7, 2012, at 2:30 PM, CeDeROM wrote:
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>> Hello Chuck :-)
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>> DD cannot perform non-destructive test.. unless I do dd if=3D/dev/ada0s2a
>> of=3D/dev/ada0s2a :-) Do you think drives are now smart enough to remap
>> badblocks this way? What is the probability that there are no badblocks =
or
>> badblocks are not detected this way?
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> SpinRite is one way to find/correct bad blocks non-destructively (it will=
 even do its best to resurrect data from bad blocks using intense heuristic=
 analysis).
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> NOTE: SpinRite is not free (see grc.com)
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> Also, maybe I should mention my own LiveCD/Rescue disc (which does have t=
he badblocks program you're looking for):
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> FreeBSD-9.0_Druid-1.0b60.iso
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> FreeBSD-8.3_Druid-1.0b60.iso
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> (the former for 9.x and the latter for 8.x).
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D'Oh, actually.. I don't have badblocks =85 just badsect (different program=
s with different purposes).
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Devin

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>> Which pattern is better for format 0x00 or 0xFF or one after another or
>> dont care? I think badblocks is quite useful in this case even in
>> destructive mode..
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>> Btw. I have moved discussion to freebsd-stable , sorry for a mess :-)
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>> Best regards :-)
>> Tomek
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