Date:	Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:14:56 -0700
From:	Chip Salzenberg <chip@valinux.com>
To:	linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: Re: EXT2 and BadBlock updating.....

According to bert hubert:
> If you have a bad block on a modern disk it is time for an instant
> backup-and-replace.  The concept of a 'bad bit' on a disk is pretty
> much dead.

What he said.  I wouldn't bother putting a lot of intelligence into
handling of bad blocks; trying to keep a failing disk alive is false
economy of the worst kind.
-- 
Chip Salzenberg              - a.k.a. -              <chip@valinux.com>
"I wanted to play hopscotch with the impenetrable mystery of existence,
    but he stepped in a wormhole and had to go in early."  // MST3K

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