Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt:1277 comp.unix.aix:362 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!marque!studsys!vanden From: vanden@studsys.mu.edu (vandenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt,comp.unix.aix Subject: Finding bad blocks, any ideas? Keywords: aix, rt, bad blocks, hard drive, ESDI Message-ID: <729@studsys.mu.edu> Date: 28 Dec 89 16:53:39 GMT Reply-To: vanden@studsys.UUCP (vandenberg) Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Distribution: na Organization: Marquette University - Milwaukee, Wisconsin Lines: 9 Config: IBM RT running AIX w/ ESDI hard drive Problem: encountering bad blocks that VRM format isn't flagging. The Diagnostic format doesn't seem to be working properly w/ the drive. System runs fine until it encounters bad blocks. Any ideas or leads would greatly be appreciated. Please reply via email or phone(collect) me(Tom) or Frank @ 414-466-6691 --------- Tom Vandenberg {..uunet..uwvax!uwmcsd1..}!marque!studsys!vanden vanden%studsys@marque.UUCP {..uwvax..arpa..}!studsys.mu.edu!vanden