Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161019AbWJPRKg (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:10:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161022AbWJPRKg (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:10:36 -0400 Received: from static-ip-217-172-187-230.inaddr.intergenia.de ([217.172.187.230]:6840 "EHLO neapel230.server4you.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161019AbWJPRKf (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:10:35 -0400 Message-ID: <4533BD1E.3080804@lsrfire.ath.cx> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:10:54 +0200 From: Rene Scharfe User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Zoltan Boszormenyi CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Is there a way to limit VFAT allocation? References: <4533598A.3040909@dunaweb.hu> <200610161225.33190.prakash@punnoor.de> <4533658A.5030105@dunaweb.hu> In-Reply-To: <4533658A.5030105@dunaweb.hu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 882 Lines: 25 Zoltan Boszormenyi schrieb: > Prakash Punnoor ?rta: >> 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. :-> Ren? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/