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Mbadblocks
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   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 salvage bad disks.

Bugs
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   `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.