I always do a bad block check on the drives I buy (DOS, Win, Unix, etc). I've gotten enough used disks that have been marketed as new to be very carefull. Tom Arseneault Security Engineer Counterpane Internet Security -----Original Message----- From: Alvin Oga [mailto:alvin.secat_private-Consulting.com] Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 1:29 AM To: Valdis.Kletnieksat_private Cc: forensicsat_private Subject: Re: More info on dd? - ---CLIP--- i do NOT know anybody that does a bad-block check on tehir disks before they use it - its just buy it at the local pc store - isntall it... - parition it... format it fast... and see what happens -- there is enough postings/questions from newbies when /dev/hda is smaller sized than the new clone /dev/hdb ... and vice versa... dd is good ... if you know what you're doing and why and all the hidden assumptions about raw write vs block writes c ya alvin ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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