From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 11 05:14:41 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA13782 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 05:14:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gw.caamora.com.au (jonath5.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.41.237]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA13777 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 05:14:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jon@gw.caamora.com.au) Received: (from jon@localhost) by gw.caamora.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA06916; Fri, 12 Feb 1999 00:21:12 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jon) Message-ID: <19990212002111.A3952@caamora.com.au> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 00:21:11 +1100 From: jonathan michaels To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: installing fbsd on esdi or ide media Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD gw.caamora.com.au 2.2.7-RELEASE i386 X-Mood: i'm alive, if it counts Organisation: Caamora, PO Box 144, Rosebery NSW 1445 Australia Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG all, i have an old compputer that has a still servicable 350 mb fujitsu esdi hard drive. this drive came with 6 bad blocks and 6+ years later still has teh same 6 bad blocks. my question is how much space to leave at the ned of the media for bad sector sparing. if i leave none fbsd complains, if i leave too much fbsd complains about not all the media is being used. is this required for the new eide onboard electronics drivers as well ? is thier a formulae to calculate how much 'sparing' space is required. regards and thanks in advance jonathan -- =============================================================================== Jonathan Michaels PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 Australia =========================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message