Badblocks found, now what?

[antonio tuozzo]

Matt Gross wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
>I noticed the following dma_intr errors in my system log
>and then did a search on google for an explination
>(complete list of errors truncated for brevity, but more
>of the same):
>
>Oct  5 03:09:32 hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady
>SeekComplete Error } 
>Oct  5 03:09:32 hda: dma_intr: error=0x40
>{UncorrectableError }, CHS=13542/0/89, sector=3255040
>Oct  5 03:09:32 end_request: I/O error, dev
>03:02(hda),sector 3255040 
>
>A suggestion found on google was to check the blocks on
>the disk with badblocks.  This I have done and turned up 4
>bad blocks.  My question is, now what?  Is my disk going
>to die?  
>
yes!

>Is there a way to find out what files are stored
>in those bad blocks?  
>
maybe!

>Can I simply mark those blocks as
>bad and continue using the drive?
>
>  
>
A workaround is: take notes of sector numbers and re-partition the disk
avoiding bad sectors. However, sooner or later it will be broken off

>Thanks in advance for the help,
>
>Matt
>
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