Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 19:23:09 -0700 From: "L. Floyd" <lfloyd@sonic.net> To: Freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Masking out bad blocks Message-ID: <35550F8D.47C57ABE@sonic.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980509125008.3051S-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Thanks! I'll look into that. It is a Western Digital 3.1 gbyte drive, still under warranty (I hope). I think I'll get a new drive, turn on the mapping on the new one, and start all over. Doug White wrote: > > 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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