Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!think!ames!uhccux!bt455s10 From: bt455s10@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Carl "Art" McIntosh) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: sparing bad blocks Keywords: ISC mkpart Message-ID: <5556@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> Date: 27 Nov 89 08:24:43 GMT Organization: University of Hawaii Lines: 17 How does one map out bad sectors under ISC 2.02 ? I have tried to map out a new bad sector reported by a console message giving the absolute sector, the drive and controller numbers. According to the man page mkpart(1M) the -A option should do the trick, however mkpart -A 266867 disk0 yields the message V_REMOUNT failed and informs me a reboot or remount or the device is required. after rebooting the system, the /etc/partitions file does not list the new bad sector, furthermore mkpart -t vpa disk0 does not show sector 266867 as having been remapped. Anyone know how this supposedly simple procedure is done ? -- ARPA: manapua!pilikia!root@trout.nosc.mil UUCP: {uunet,ucbvax,dcdwest}!ucsd!nosc!manapua!pilikia!root