CentOS - Jul 2007 - Checking badblocks using KS

Hi All,
   Is there a way to check the harddisk health before CentOS installation.?

One way I used to do was by using --badblocks check in ks.cfg file while
using RH 7.2.

    This is not working (atleast not with the same syntax as in RH 7.2) in
CentOS.
    Is there an alternate (correct) syntax or is there a new (better) way
to check harddisk health before CentOS installation?


--Regards
S.Balaji

> 
> Hi All,
>    Is there a way to check the harddisk health before CentOS 
> installation.?
> 
> One way I used to do was by using --badblocks check in ks.cfg 
> file while
> using RH 7.2.
> 
>     This is not working (atleast not with the same syntax as 
> in RH 7.2) in
> CentOS.
>     Is there an alternate (correct) syntax or is there a new 
> (better) way
> to check harddisk health before CentOS installation?
> 
If you boot in rescue mode, you can run "fsck -c -c /dev/..."
on any partitions.  If the partitions look good, you should
be safe to install.

Bob S