BADSECT(8) - System Manager's Manual

BADSECT(8) - System Manager’s Manual # BADSECT(8) - System Manager’s Manual NAME # badsect - create files to contain bad sectors SYNOPSIS # badsect bbdir sector … DESCRIPTION # badsect makes a file to contain a bad sector. Normally, bad sectors are made inaccessible by the standard formatter, which provides a forwarding table for bad sectors to the driver. If a driver supports the bad blocking standard, it is much more preferable to use that method to isolate bad blocks, since the bad block forwarding makes the pack appear perfect, and such packs can then be copied with dd(1). ...