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From: phillip@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Phillip Lindsay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: FORMAT Question
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Date: Wed, 3-Dec-86 08:52:58 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  3 08:52:58 1986
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> Keywords: FORMAT bad sector lock-out
> 
> <<<<<>>>>>
> 
> 	I hate to ask what seems like a trivial question, but I
> 	am looking through 'The AmigaDOS Manual' and I cannot
> 	find the answer. Question: During a FORMAT does the
> 	computer check the disk for bad sectors and lock them
> 	out of the 'available sector' table? Data on either 1.1
> 	or 1.2 would be helpful.
> 
> 			Thanks for the help,
> 			  Bob
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Nope. AmigaDos doesn't map bad blocks...Usually in terms of a
harddisk the exec device does the work of mapping bad blocks.
If the FORMAT entry point in your disk device is smart enough to do the
bad block mapping then the format command *would* map bad blocks for you.
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