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Formatting considering bad sectors

mke2fs -c -c -t <fs_type e.g. ext4> -L <label e.g. home> <device e.g. /dev/sda1>

-c checks for readability of blocks. identifies bad blocks. mentioning twice checks writing as well. slower.

-c takes about 10 min per 50gb. -c -c takes about 2 hours per 50gb.

swap formatting

mkswap -c -c -L <label e.g. swap> <device e.g. /dev/sda4>

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