[comp.unix.xenix] Bad blocks

dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel) (03/31/89)

I am using SCO 386 2.???, and have a bad block at cylinder/head = 920/5
How do I tell the bad block table to add this to it's list?
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jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) (04/01/89)

In article <198740@hrc.UUCP> dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel) writes:
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>I am using SCO 386 2.???, and have a bad block at cylinder/head = 920/5
>How do I tell the bad block table to add this to it's list?


Use the "badtrk" program. One of the options is to add bad tracks by hand


JB
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fischer@netmbx.UUCP (Axel Fischer) (04/02/89)

In article <198740@hrc.UUCP> dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel) writes:
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>I am using SCO 386 2.???, and have a bad block at cylinder/head = 920/5
>How do I tell the bad block table to add this to it's list?

Just log in a root and type "/etc/badtrk" and follow the instructions.

-Axel
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