linux-kernel - Re: Is there a way to limit VFAT allocation?

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Date:	Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:10:54 +0200
From:	Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@...fire.ath.cx>
To:	Zoltan Boszormenyi <zboszor@...aweb.hu>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is there a way to limit VFAT allocation?

Zoltan Boszormenyi schrieb:
> Prakash Punnoor írta:
>> Am Montag 16 Oktober 2006 12:06 schrieb Zoltan Boszormenyi:
>>  
>>> Is there a way to tell the VFAT driver to exclude
>>> the last N sectors from the allocation strategy?
>>>     
>>
>> Can't you mark that clusters as bad with a diskeditor?
>>   
> 
> Can you suggest one that works on Linux?
> Or which bits should I change if I use LDE?
> (lde.sourceforge.net)

Try mbadblocks, part of the Mtools package (http://mtools.linux.lu/).
If it doesn't help, and you are brave, you may want to play with
mdoctorfat, which comes with Mtools, too, but is hidden for some reason. :->

René
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