Re: EXT2 and BadBlock updating.....

[Alan Cox]

> Even if ext2fs (or ext3fs or Reiser or whatever) doesn't address the bad block
> problem ideally, we still have viable options.   Even on-the-fly bad block
> detection and relocation of data cannot save data that's gone.

IDE does it for you most of the time. You can also check the SMART data
from newer drives and sometimes it will actually give you advanced warning
your disk is about to turn into a 7200 rpm junkyard