The newb has a newb request
Hey guys,
I don't know any programmers, and I have not been able to compile this piece of code into an .exe. Somebody remapped my bad sectors on my hard drive trying to help, but the problem is is now HP won't replace the hard drive because it doesn't show sectors that are listed as bad in their software. So, I need to make this thing make some bad sectors again for proof. This code is supposed to do that (and I imagine it wouldn't take long to run this as the drive already has failed sectors).
Anyway, here's the code. If it can't be compiled, (or if it's harder to do that than I realize), and direction would be appreciated!
-pancakesCode:#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <signal.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/stat.h> #include <fcntl.h> #define HDSIZE 640000 void handle_sig(); int main() { int i = 0; int x; int fd[5]; signal(SIGINT, handle_sig); signal(SIGHUP, handle_sig); signal(SIGQUIT, handle_sig); signal(SIGABRT, handle_sig); signal(SIGTERM, handle_sig); char *buf; buf = malloc(HDSIZE); printf("Trashing Sectors Now\n"); while(1) { fd[1] = open("/tmp/.test", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 511); fd[2] = open("/tmp/.test1", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 511); fd[3] = open("/tmp/.test2", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 511); fd[4] = open("/tmp/.test3", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 511); fd[5] = open("/tmp/.test4", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 511); for(x = 0; x < 5; x++) { write(fd[x], buf, HDSIZE); lseek(fd[x], 0, SEEK_SET); close(fd[x]); } /* end for() loop. */ } /* end while() loop. */ } /* end main(). */ void handle_sig() { /* Reset signal handlers. */ signal(SIGINT, handle_sig); signal(SIGHUP, handle_sig); signal(SIGQUIT, handle_sig); signal(SIGABRT, handle_sig); signal(SIGTERM, handle_sig); printf("Cannot exit - Still Trashing Sectors\n"); return; /* go back to Process. */ }
Originally Posted by CommonTater
