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4 badblocks \- search a device for bad blocks
50 is used to search for bad blocks on a device (usually a disk partition).
87 Specify the size of blocks in bytes. The default is 1024.
89 .BI \-c " number of blocks"
90 is the number of blocks which are tested at a time. The default is 64.
93 Specify a maximum number of bad blocks before aborting the test. The
98 This parameter, if passed and non-zero, will cause bad blocks to sleep
119 Read a list of already existing known bad blocks.
121 will skip testing these blocks since they are known to be bad. If
124 Blocks listed in this list will be omitted from the list of
126 bad blocks produced on the standard output or in the output file.
131 can be used to retrieve the list of blocks currently marked bad on
141 Write the list of bad blocks to the specified file. Without this option,
153 Repeat scanning the disk until there are no new blocks discovered in
169 Specify a test pattern to be read (and written) to disk blocks. The
181 numbers of blocks will fail verification.
183 are specified then all blocks will be tested with one pattern
192 scans for bad blocks by writing some patterns (0xaa, 0x55, 0xff, 0x00) on
216 bad blocks. Therefore it is recommended to use it only when one wants
217 to know if there are any bad blocks at all on the device, and not when
218 the list of bad blocks is wanted.
