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From: mem@zinn.MV.COM (Mark E. Mallett)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Floppy formatting and using
Summary: It's NOT bad sectors.
Message-ID: <439@zinn.MV.COM>
Date: 21 Jan 89 20:14:16 GMT
References: <435@zinn.MV.COM> <639@cimcor.mn.org> <43@ushiva.UUCP>
Reply-To: mem@zinn.MV.COM (Mark E. Mallett)
Organization: Zinn Computer Co., Litchfield NH
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In article <43@ushiva.UUCP> raw@ushiva.UUCP (Roland Wilcher) writes:
%In article <639@cimcor.mn.org> mike@cimcor.mn.org (Michael Grenier) writes:
%
%%I had the same problem (though not 9 out 10 times) making multivolume
%%backups nearly impossible.
%
%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 ?

Are you suggesting that the Microport floppy problem is with bad
sectors?  Bad sectors on floppies are extremely rare.  I expect that
when I find a floppy with a bad sector, I need to find another
floppy.  Problems with floppies on my SYS V/AT system are extremely
common.  Even so, I specifically stated in my original posting (the
reference to which seems to have gotten lost here :-) ) that I could
format and use the floppies under MSDOS.  So that's not it, I'm afraid.

-mm-
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