[comp.periphs.scsi] Bad.sector.list on HD-s?

vsnyder@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Van Snyder) (03/13/91)

I've heard a rumor that there's an error in the microcode of the Adaptec
ACB-4000A that prevents correctly executing the "format-with-defect-list"
command.  Any truth to the rumor?  Any work-arounds?  I'd really like to
get the controller to handle defects the manufacturer's certification
procedure discovered, because ordinary I/O can't reliably discover them.
Sometimes the ones that are missed come back, depending on temperature,
humidity, phase of the moon, etc.  By then, of course, there's data in those
spots to be lost.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

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