Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 12:50:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "L. Floyd" <lfloyd@sonic.net> Cc: Freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Masking out bad blocks Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980509125008.3051S-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3553CAA0.ADB30085@sonic.net>
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On Fri, 8 May 1998, L. Floyd wrote: > Is there an equivalent method for mapping bad blocks on an EIDE drive? > I have an EIDE disk that I'm about ready to get rid of due to a > multitude of i/o problems related to it. Yes, usually it's enabled by default, however some Western digital disks don't have it set. You can get a utility from them to turn it on. > > If bad blocks are poking through it's only going to get worse. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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