Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 16:49:09 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, miff@spam.frisbee.net.au Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: location of bad144 table Message-ID: <199601160549.QAA02316@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>It would appear that the bad144 program still uses the 'c' partition, or No. >divines the end of the disk in a fashion different from the kernel code. Maybe. It attempts to screw up by always reading the label directly off the disk (like the -r option to disklabel), but this is supposed to be handled by modifying the label sector as it is read and written. >At least, bad144 runs without a slew of error messages, whilst attempting >to read the disklabel once bad144 has been run results in much unhappiness. ^^^^^^^^^ bad sector table? Can bad144 read what it wrote? Bruce
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