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


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Description

       The  mbadblocks  command  is used to scan an MS-DOS floppy
       and mark its unused bad blocks as bad. It uses the follow­
       ing 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  sal­
       vage  bad  blocks which are in use by reading them repeat­
       edly, and then mark them bad.


See Also

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