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From: res@cbnews.ATT.COM (Robert E. Stampfli)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Hard Disk questions
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Date: 13 Aug 89 21:40:13 GMT
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>Yes, that's how "it" does it. 1/17th of the t
[ Discussion of the fact that one block per track is unused on the hard disk. ]

Question:  Are these blocks accessible at all?  What if I access the raw
device?  Could a special driver be written to utilize them?

Rob Stampfli
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