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David van Moolenbroek
2012-10-16 19:50:53 +02:00
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man/man1/Makefile
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MAN= ash.1 at.1 banner.1 basename.1 \
mesg.1 mixer.1 mkfs.1 \
mkproto.1 mount.1 mt.1 nice.1 nm.1 nohup.1 od.1 \
paste.1 ping.1 playwave.1 pr.1 prep.1 \
profile.1 ps.1 pwd.1 rcp.1 readall.1 recwave.1 \
profile.1 ps.1 pwd.1 rcp.1 recwave.1 \
ref.1 remsync.1 rget.1 rlogin.1 rsh.1 rz.1 \
shar.1 acksize.1 sleep.1 sort.1 spell.1 \
split.1 stty.1 sum.1 svc.1 svrctl.1 \

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man/man1/readall.1
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.TH READALL 1
.SH NAME
readall \- read a device quickly to check for bad blocks
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBreadall\fR [\fB\-bt\fR] \fIfile\fR
.br
.de FL
.TP
\\fB\\$1\\fR
\\$2
..
.de EX
.TP 20
\\fB\\$1\\fR
# \\$2
..
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 5
.B \-b
# Produce shell script on \fIstdout\fR that calls \fIbadblocks\fR
.TP 5
.B \-t
# Just print device size
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP 20
.B readall /dev/hd0
# Read all of \fI/dev/hd0\fR
.TP 20
.B readall -b /dev/hd1 >s
# Generate shell script on \fIs\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fIReadall\fR reads all of the named device in large chunks.
It reports about blocks that it cannot read.
Unlike \fIdiskcheck\fR, it does not attempt to write on
the disk, making it safer to use when one is worried about a sick system.
When the \fB\-b\fR flag is given, the output is a shell script that
calls the \fIbadblocks\fR program to marked all the bad blocks.
Whenever installing
\s-1MINIX 3\s-1,
it is wise to run \fIreadall\fR with the \fB\-b\fR flag first on all
the hard disks.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR badblocks (8).

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man/man8/Makefile
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MAN= add_route.8 backup.8 badblocks.8 boot.8 btrace.8 \
MAN= add_route.8 backup.8 boot.8 btrace.8 \
cdprobe.8 checkhier.8 chown.8 cleantmp.8 config.8 cron.8 \
dhcpd.8 diskctl.8 elvprsv.8 fbdctl.8 fdisk.8 fingerd.8 \
getty.8 halt.8 hgfs.8 httpd.8 ifconfig.8 inet.8 init.8 \

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man/man8/badblocks.8
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.TH BADBLOCKS 8
.SH NAME
badblocks \- put a list of bad blocks in a file
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBbadblocks \fIblock_special\fR [\fIblock\fR] ...\fR
.br
.de FL
.TP
\\fB\\$1\\fR
\\$2
..
.de EX
.TP 20
\\fB\\$1\\fR
# \\$2
..
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP 20
.B badblocks /dev/hd1
# Handle bad blocks on \fI/dev/hd1\fP
.TP 20
.B badblocks /dev/hd3 310 570 1680
# Three bad blocks on \fI/dev/hd3\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
If a device contains bad sectors, it is important to not have them
allocated to important files. This program makes it possible to collect
up to 7 bad blocks into a dummy file, so they will not be allocated for a
\&'real\&' file.
When the program starts up, it asks for a list of bad blocks, unless
they are provided as arguments.
Then it creates a file whose name is of the
form \fI.Bad_xxxxx\fR, where \fIxxxxx\fR is a pid.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR readall (1).
.\"
.\" $PchId: badblocks.8,v 1.2 1998/07/27 19:47:04 philip Exp $

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man/man8/usage.8
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@@ -310,15 +310,11 @@ Next make a file system for on-disk /home. Leave it empty for now.
Next make a file system for on-disk /usr and copy the floppy /usr on to it.
.PP
.XB "mkfs\0/dev/c0d0p1s2"
.XB "readall\0\-b\0/dev/c0d0p1s2 | sh"
.XB "mount\0/dev/c0d0p1s2\0/mnt"
.XB "cpdir\0\-v\0/usr\0/mnt"
.PP
This will create a file system on /dev/c0d0p1s2, mount it on /mnt, and copy the
contents of the \s-2USR\s+2 floppy onto it. The call to
.B readall
marks bad blocks on the file system as unusable, you can omit this on a
drive known to be spotless (\s-2IDE\s+2 or \s-2SCSI\s+2.)
contents of the \s-2USR\s+2 floppy onto it.
.PP
You can now use the new /usr in place of the \s-2USR\s+2 floppy:
.PP