hbetel@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (Heather Betel) (05/20/91)
Last fall, I got a 40meg drive for free. It would be real nice if I could use it for minix. The problem is that a section of it is ruined. This section just happens to fall in the middle of the INODE tables. Is there a way to get the hd device to skip over those areas? If it helps, I can post the blocks affected. I have no concept of disk geometries (it's the one thing I couldn't seem to pick up from the book), but I was told that all the errors reside on track 5. Richard Betel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I know the login is Heather, but the name is Richard!
davem@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave McCrady) (05/20/91)
hbetel@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (Heather Betel) writes: > > Last fall, I got a 40meg drive for free. It would be real nice > if I could use it for minix. The problem is that a section of it is > ruined. This section just happens to fall in the middle of the INODE > tables. Is there a way to get the hd device to skip over those areas? > If it helps, I can post the blocks affected. I have no concept > of disk geometries (it's the one thing I couldn't seem to pick up from > the book), but I was told that all the errors reside on track 5. Try starting your first partition past cylinder 5...say in cyl. 10, just to be safe. As long as cylinder 0 is all right, it should work. It will cost you a bit of capacity, but not much. Dave McCrady | ersys!davem@nro.cs.athabascau.ca +1 403-454-4054 (voice) | Disclaimer? Who needs a disclaimer? +1 403-454-6093 (public USENET) | I >own< the joint.
ITOC100@indycms.iupui.edu (James Nelson) (05/25/91)
On Sun, 19 May 91 17:16:22 GMT Heather Betel said: < Last fall, I got a 40meg drive for free. It would be real nice <if I could use it for minix. The problem is that a section of it is <ruined. This section just happens to fall in the middle of the INODE <tables. Is there a way to get the hd device to skip over those areas? < <Richard Betel A low level format should block out the bad tracks on the disk, then you should be able to use it just like normal. ************************************************************************ *JIM NELSON *<ITOC100@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU> OR <ITOC100@INDYCMS.BITNET> *<ITOC100@INDYVAX.IUPUI.EDU> OR <ITOC100@INDYVAX.BITNET> *<JNELSON@INDYMED.IUPUI.EDU> OR <JNELSON@INDYMED.BITNET> ************************************************************************