#!/bin/bash # marks 1.000.000 Blocks as badblock :) # you should really know what you're doing my friend hdparm=`which hdparm` count=0 while [ $count -le 1000000 ] do $hdparm --yes-i-know-what-i-am-doing --make-bad-sector $count /dev/sda count=$[$count+1] done exit 0