badscan Command badscan Build bad block list /etc/badscan [ -v ] [ -o proto ] [ -b boot ] device size /etc/badscan [ -v ] [ -o proto ] [ -b boot ] device xdevice badscan scans a disk for bad blocks and writes a prototype file, which lists all bad blocks on the disk, onto the standard output. It recognizes the following options: -v Print an estimate of time needed to finish examining the device. -o proto Redirect output into file proto. -b boot Insert a given boot into the proto file as the bootstrap. The default is /conf/boot. device names the special device to scan. size gives the size of the device, in blocks. For hard disks, xdevice specifies at0x or at1x, which uses the partition-table information in the master boot block of the drive to find the size of the device. ***** See Also ***** commands COHERENT Lexicon Page 1