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

Note of warning
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     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  sal-
     vage 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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