ehandler.c (e2fsck_handle_read_error): If the user asks to

	ignore the error, offer to try forcing a write of the
	block to the disk; sometimes this will cause the drive to
	remap the bad block.

diff --git a/e2fsck/ChangeLog b/e2fsck/ChangeLog
index 14733dc..5eead5c 100644 (file)
--- a/e2fsck/ChangeLog
+++ b/e2fsck/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2002-08-31  Theodore Ts'o  <tytso@mit.edu>
+
+       * ehandler.c (e2fsck_handle_read_error): If the user asks to
+               ignore the error, offer to try forcing a write of the
+               block to the disk; sometimes this will cause the drive to
+               remap the bad block.
+
 2002-08-31  Theodore Ts'o  <tytso@valinux.com>
 
        * pass2.c (e2fsck_pass2): If this is a HTREE directory, sort the

diff --git a/e2fsck/ehandler.c b/e2fsck/ehandler.c
index bd1643e..d4060c4 100644 (file)
--- a/e2fsck/ehandler.c
+++ b/e2fsck/ehandler.c
@@ -56,8 +56,11 @@ static errcode_t e2fsck_handle_read_error(io_channel channel,
                printf(_("Error reading block %lu (%s).  "), block,
                       error_message(error));
        preenhalt(ctx);
-       if (ask(ctx, _("Ignore error"), 1))
+       if (ask(ctx, _("Ignore error"), 1)) {
+               if (ask(ctx, _("Force rewrite"), 1))
+                       io_channel_write_blk(channel, block, 1, data);
                return 0;
+       }
 
        return error;
 }