mbadblocks(1)mbadblocks(1)Namembadblocks - tests a floppy disk, and marks the bad blocks in the FAT
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Description
The mbadblocks command is used to scan an MS-DOS floppy and mark its
unused bad blocks as bad. It uses the following syntax:
mbadblocks drive:
Mbadblocks scans an MS-DOS floppy for bad blocks. All unused bad blocks
are marked as such in the FAT. This is intended to be used right after
mformat. It is not intended to salvage bad disks.
Bugs
Mbadblocks should (but doesn't yet :-( ) also try to salvage bad blocks
which are in use by reading them repeatedly, and then mark them bad.
See Also
Mtools' texinfo doc
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mtools-4.0.12 03Nov09 mbadblocks(1)
