From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 16 17:35:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA18253 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:35:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA18220 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:35:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA23853; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:35:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:35:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Kevin Eliuk cc: FreeBSD-questions Subject: Re: Question on preparing for Re-Install In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Kevin Eliuk wrote: > Hi again, > > Currently running 2.2.1-RELEASE > My PC: Micronics Weitek 386-20 [...] > wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa > wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): > wd0: 1036MB (2121840 sectors), 2105 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, > 512 B/S > (LBA OnTrack 7.04) ( Another frying maxtor...this does not make me happy! ) > I am currently planning on doing a complete re-install from floppy disks > because of ongoing hard drive problems before resorting to pulling the > drive and having it tested. > > Q: Should I follow the instructions for preparing the partition on the > hard drive as described under ESDI in the handbook. > (primarily regarding the topic of bad block sectoring) IDE disks self-map out bad sectors, so it shouldn't be necessary. If you are getting an inordinate amount of bad sectors, you might consider replacing the drive. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major