I was using this command recently to test a hard drive from a live CD of Ubuntu 11.10.<br>
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sudo badblocks -nsv /dev/sda3<br>
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When some storms came up, I terminated with CTRL-C. It said it stopped at block 48791295. I want to restart with the following:<br>
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sudo badblocks -nsv /dev/sda3 first-block 48791295<br>
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It says invalid last-block first-block. What's the problem?<br>
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Any help is appreciated, as always.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
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Ron<br>
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