Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 00:44:58 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD SCSI list) Cc: dkelly@HiWAAY.net Subject: Re: A rotten CP30540 Message-ID: <199612192344.AAA01309@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199612180209.UAA06412@nexgen.HiWAAY.net> from "dkelly@HiWAAY.net" at "Dec 17, 96 08:09:41 pm"
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As dkelly@HiWAAY.net wrote: > A poor friend of mine was given a couple of rotten Conner CP30540 hard > drives. I'm trying to help him make them into something usable. The problem > is thousands of bad blocks. More bad blocks than the drive has > pre-allocated spares. Have found hints this involves mode page 4. Any > advice? Hmpf. I wouldn't use it either... You could give /sbin/scsiformat a try if you prefer. It's a plain FORMAT MEDIUM command which usually involves entering all new defects into the drive's defect list. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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