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From: Richard Chang <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: hard reading error
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On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Michael Smith wrote:

> Richard Chang stands accused of saying:
> > > 
> > > # cd /foo
> > > # mkdir BAD
> > > # badsect BAD 1006499
> > 
> > 	Tried this but it said cannot attach 1006499 so any ideas?
> 
> Yeah, check the manpage.  :
> 
> DIAGNOSTICS
>      Badsect refuses to attach a block that resides in a critical area or is
>      out of range of the file system.  A warning is issued if the block is al-
>      ready in use.
> 
> ie. you have the equivalent of a bad sector in your FAT (to use DOS lingo).
> In the error messages you posted earlier, you also have the block number
> within the slice.  You'll have to repartition inside the slice to avoid that
> block, which means a backup and reinstall if it's something important
> like /usr.

	Hmmm, what would be the best way of making a identical copy on 
another hard drive?

Richard