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From: Kevin Eliuk <cagey@kevin.sunshine.net>
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To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re:OOPS: Question on preparing for Re-Install
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On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Kevin Eliuk wrote:

> Hi again,
> 
> Currently running 2.2.1-RELEASE
> My PC: Micronics Weitek 386-20
>      My memory: real memory  = 5242880 (5120K bytes)
> 		avail memory = 3235840 (3160K bytes)
> My peripherals:	sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard
> 		sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
> 		sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
> 		sio0: type 16550A
> 		sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
> 		sio1: type 16450
> 		lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa
> 		lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> 		lp0: TCP/IP capable interface
> 		fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
> 		fdc0: NEC 765
> 		fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
> 		fd1: 1.2MB 5.25in
> 		wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa
> 		wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <Maxtor 71084 AP>
> 		wd0: 1036MB (2121840 sectors), 2105 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T,
> 		512 B/S
> 		(LBA OnTrack 7.04)
> 		
> I am currently planning on doing a complete re-install from floppy disks
> because of ongoing hard drive problems before resorting to pulling the
> drive and having it tested.
> 
> Q: Should I follow the instructions for preparing the partition on the 
>    hard drive as described under ESDI in the handbook.
> 	(primarily regarding the topic of bad block sectoring)
>
 
I've done the re-install and Although I don't have the original of your
reply I remember your comment about "another Maxtor drive failing" well 
I'm pleased (although slightly embarassed) to say it was "another Maxtor
owner failure to read all the instructions" failure :-!

Everything seems hunky dory, ran lmbench without a crash but I gather
without more memory it dogs down in the in the latency tests because its
defaults are minimum 8MB. Is this true?

And just today I noticed at:

Boot:
Bad bad sector table

AND the it proceeds to load.

Comments appreciated :-)
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