Bad sector

[Gene Heskett]

J.L. Coenders wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> I have a problem. 
> Smartd reports that I have bad sectors on my disk. I have tried checking it 
> with badblocks which also reports bad sectors.
> I believe I have heard it is possible to repair this in a software manner. Is 
> this true, or do I need to buy a new disk?
> 
> Btw, fsck does not report any problems.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeroen
> 
Then now is a good time to make a backup, and go buy a new disk, its on 
its way out.

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Cheers, Gene