mbadblocks(1)							mbadblocks(1)



Name
       mbadblocks - tests a floppy disk, and marks the bad blocks in the FAT



Note of warning
       This  manpage  has  been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo
       documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete.  See  the
       end of this man page for details.


Description
       The  mbadblocks	command is used to scan an MS-DOS floppy and mark its
       unused bad blocks as bad. It uses the following syntax:

       mbadblocks drive:

       Mbadblocks scans an MS-DOS floppy  for  bad  blocks.  All  unused  bad
       blocks  are  marked  as	such  in the FAT. This is intended to be used
       right after mformat.  It is not intended to salvage bad disks.

Bugs
       Mbadblocks should (but doesn't yet :-(  )  also	try  to	 salvage  bad
       blocks which are in use by reading them repeatedly, and then mark them
       bad.


See Also
       Mtools' texinfo doc

Viewing the texi doc
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mtools-3.9.9			   03Mar03			mbadblocks(1)

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1. floppy
2. man
3. as
4. which
5. view
6. make
7. info