From: none@nowhere.com   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:47:51 +1000, Felix wrote:   
   >   
   >> How does LM treat HD bad sectors?   
   > You have to specify a list of them to be excluded from file allocations   
   > when you initialize a filesystem on the disk. Note the -c option in mke2fs   
   > , which tells it to do a scan to   
   > find these for itself.   
      
   so this is the correct command to create ext4 file system with normal   
   cluster size and read/write test?..   
      
   *mkfs.ext4 -c -c*   
      
   >   Or the -l option to get a list of them from a   
   > separate file.   
   >   
   > Frankly, I wouldn’t like to touch a disk with bad blocks on it. Once they   
   > start happening, they’re only likely to get worse.   
      
   I want to know if disks are good to use them or not   
      
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