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- From: ckurs-2@wilbur.uni-mainz.de (Teilnehmer am C-Kurs WS 1992_93)
- Subject: Re: Bad blocks (?) on hard disk
- Message-ID: <0760PCT@minnie.zdv.uni-mainz.de>
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- Organization: Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz
- References: <1993Jan26.190254.3059@sarah.albany.edu> <1993Jan26.200529.20973@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 10:56:05 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.200529.20973@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca>, marcf@nexus.yorku.ca (Marc G Fournier) writes:
- |> In article <1993Jan26.190254.3059@sarah.albany.edu> rob@dinner.asrc.albany.edu (Robert D. Seals) writes:
- |> >Hello,
- |> >I just got sls from tsx-11 today, and prepared things and dove
- |> >in to install on my hard disks.
- |> >
- |> >Things seems sensible except that bad blocks on the hard disks
- |> >aren't mapped to a forwarding area. This makes installation nearly
- |> >impossible, since my disks have many bad blocks. Is there
- |> >an 'fsck' on the a1/a2 disks that can locate and deal with bad
- |> >blocks so that I may proceed with installation? If not,
- |> >what am I supposa do?
- |> >
- |> mkfs -c checks and marks bad blocks
- |>
- |> marc
- |>
-
- No! It does not, but it should! Seems to me that there is a mistake in the
- interpretation of the error register of the HD controller. The only secure way to
- handle the bad blocks problem is to feed the bad block list to mk(e)fs. That is
- what my experieces with mk(e)fs are ... As soon as I find the error, i will post
- a fix for it. (But i haven't found it yet :( )
-
- Dominik
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