[Lvlug] Detecting new bad blocks on a disk while a system is running?

[jmm]

> >
> > Does an fsck deal with this kind of occurrence?  Should I run fsck at
> > regular intervals (maybe most easily by rebooting)?
> 
> It does but you actually need to 'remount' the partition as read-only.  That 
> way fsck can do its thing without the system or users changing any files.  
> fsck will work on a read-only partition.
> 

further, woudn't it be good practice to reboot 'init 1' and perform such disk work ?