Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 19:56:08 +0100 (MET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert) Cc: alk@pobox.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wd0s1e hard errors Message-ID: <199802051856.TAA01634@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <199802050622.XAA07077@usr08.primenet.com> from Terry Lambert at "Feb 5, 98 06:22:33 am"
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As Terry Lambert wrote... > > > > Should bad144 be retired? > > Why, have you come up with a new "media perfection layer" which > sits in Julian's new slice code under devfs to replace it so you > can still use WD1007 ESDI controllers, MFM, RLL, and other drives > that don't support automatic bad sector forwarding? > > Personally, I think if bad144 is retired, you might as well retire > wd drives that don't have LBA modes like SCSI has. After all, "all > modern devices" see drives as a linear array of sectors which never > go bad, right? Hear hear. Us no-budget types that run ESDI etc systems still use bad144. It's a pain, but needed if you have non-perfect drives. Don't throw it away.. Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko @ yedi.iaf.nl http://www.tcja.nl/~wilko |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands - Do, or do not. There is no 'try' --------------- Support your local daemons: run [Free,Net,Open]BSD Unix --
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