Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!iuvax!ndcheg!ndmath!nstar!larry From: larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: adding bad blocks using 386/ix Keywords: bad blocks with 386/ix Message-ID: <511211@nstar.UUCP> Date: 28 Feb 90 11:53:21 GMT Organization: Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN, USA Lines: 31 I recently installed a 1542 as a secondary controller along with a 2372. I'm booting off the 2372, mounting /usr off the 1542, and then mounting /usr2 of the 1542. I've been getting numerous errors on the SCSI drive. When installing the drive, I did a low level format using the 1542 BIOS and ran the complete DMA check for 2 hours (which didn't produce a single error). I tried adding the errors for the SCSI drive using mkpart -A and I get an error - No root partition. I also tried "mkpart -A -f /etc/partitions" - likewise the same error, no the bad blocks were not added to /etc/partitions. Finally, I added the bad blocks manually to /etc/partitions, unmounted and remounted the device (I assume that /etc/partitions is read at mount time). The errors that I am still getting are "illegal or erroneous command, absolute sector 1364708". My DMA was running at SYCLK and I changed it to SYSCLK/2 (I have the AMI bios). The 1542 is jumpered in the default configuration with the exception of the floppies disabled. Any ideas out there? -- Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN USA uucp: larry@nstar -or- ...!iuvax!ndmath!nstar!larry 4 inbound dialup high speed line public access system