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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: MINIX 1.5 disks with manufacturing defects
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Date: 5 Apr 91 20:58:54 GMT
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PH is trying to see if there are actually any bad disks being shipped.
Everytime someone complains about a bad disk, it turns out that they
first copied something on top of it using DISKCOPY, or something like
that.  The only verified bad disks so far are the Amiga boot disks, which
had one consistent error.  Fortunately Raymond and Steven are good at
precognition and thoughtfully provided a duplicate of that file on the disk.

If there are any people who current possess a disk with an unambiguous
manufacturing error on it (unreadable, bad track, etc.) please contact me.
But please, if you think you might have messed it up yourself, please
DON'T contact me.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)