Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!uport!ken
From: ken@uport.UUCP (Ken Chapin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Floppy formatting and using
Message-ID: <299@uport.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jan 89 05:02:11 GMT
References: <435@zinn.MV.COM> <639@cimcor.mn.org> <43@ushiva.UUCP>
Reply-To: ken@uport.UUCP (Ken Chapin)
Organization: Microport Systems, Scotts Valley, CA
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In article <43@ushiva.UUCP> raw@ushiva.UUCP (Roland Wilcher) writes:
>I also have this problem. Every time I have had this problem, when i
>reformat the disk using ms-dos, the dos format program always reports 
>a few K in bad sectors. In order to do backups I have had to format 
>the disks under ms-dos and only use those with no bad sectors.
>Looks like the uport stuff can't deal with bad sectors on the floppy.
>Also appears that the uport format program does not detect the bad 
>sectors either.
>comments ?
>

A disk is no good if it has surface flaws in it. Also the format code does not
report errors (except for ocassional write errors) or try to do any mapping 
scheme with bad sectors.

Ken Chapin         UUCP: ...!{sun | ucbvax | ihnp4}!amdcad!uport!ken
Microport Systems
Technical Support