> I thought fsck simply checks the metadata > of the filesystem, free blocks and allocated > blocks, cylinder groups, inodes...etc. > > So, it is not clear that fsck will detect new > bad blocks. Yep cat /dev/sdwhatever >/dev/null -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines