Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 12:33:32 -0700 (MST) From: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: large IDE disks Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971120123115.6628B-100000@darkstar.home> In-Reply-To: <199711201859.TAA01407@sos.freebsd.dk>
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> The drives should remap bad sectors by themselves, if that fails it has > no more spares, and are now "junk drives" (those some of the more > "ingenious" dealers try to sell anyways)... Use your 3 year warranty > to get it replaced ASAP. Are the bad sectors determined at the time of manufactruing or does the drive somehow automatically do this when it is reformatted? Mainly, I am wondering whether the drives can automatically deal with new bad sectors as they appear. Charles Mott
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