mlw@ucla-an.UUCP (Michael Williams) (08/28/90)
We're running Mt. Xinu BSD4.3 on a DEC MVII with a RD53 (Micropolis) disk.
The 'ra0b' partition has developed some bad sectors and since this is our
swap partition, the system crashes everytime we swap into a bad area.
We don't have a formatting program and don't want to spend the $2500 for
the DEC diagnostics (or Field Service). Does anyone know of another formatter,
or for that matter a workaround for this problem? Please mail replies to me.
I will answer 'me too!' queries unless the numbers warrant a posted summary.
Mike Williams ARPA: mlw@anes.ucla.edu
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