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From: page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hard drive problems
Message-ID: <5526@swan.ulowell.edu>
Date: 17 Mar 88 16:20:05 GMT
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Reply-To: page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
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billd@crash.cts.com (Bill D'Camp) wrote:
>Will the Fast File System (FFS) handle bad blocks

The File System (ANY file system) should always assume a perfect
device.  It is the driver's responsibility to remap bad blocks.

The CBM 2090 controller reserves a track (or two?) for remapping
bad blocks.

..Bob
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