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From: marc@dumbcat.sf.ca.us (Marco S Hyman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Mapping abs sector numbers to files
Message-ID: <1055@dumbcat.sf.ca.us>
Date: 14 Jun 91 07:01:28 GMT
References: <1991Jun06.123852.29851@virtech.uucp> <1050@fnx.UUCP> <1991Jun10.134714.28189@virtech.uucp>
Organization: MH Software, Hayward, CA.
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In article <1991Jun10.134714.28189@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
 > If a backup is available, I would low level format the drive and reload the
 > system.  My reasoning for this is that if one sector goes bad, it is likely
 > that more will follow.  A low level format (along with correct entry of
 > the manufacturers bad sector list) usually goes a long way towards ensuring
 > that you don't have the same problem again (although, given time it will
 > probably happen again).

That is exactly what I did.  The surprising part is that the manufacturer
defect list is empty on both disks and that the 386/ix format/scan (or does it
use the AHA 1452 format/scan?) has never found an error.  I entered the ones
that I noted on a manual log, though.  We'll see how long this lasts.  It
seems I have to do this every 6 months or so.

In the mean while I think it's time to start on a utility that maps sectors to
files.

// marc
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