Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!mmdf From: HBO043%DJUKFA11.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Christoph van Wuellen) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: problem with tar or Minix kernel Message-ID: <48508@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 22 Mar 91 11:15:15 GMT Sender: mmdf@ee.udel.edu Lines: 6 It is not surprising, but intentional, that .BADXXXX files contain bad blocks. You should move these files to a special directory which you do not backup. C.v.W.