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To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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Subject: Re: Strange error message 
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> > > I'm mildly puzzled that the disk works at all in any other situation.  
> > > What sort of disk is it?  You say "second" above; do you have another 
> > > identical unit?
> > 
> > No, I have a smaller 'spare' drive that I keep -current installed on.
> > My primary disk has two partitions, one for Win95, the other FreeBSD.  I
> > can read all of the DOS partition, and all but the root partition on the
> > FreeBSD side.
> 
> What sort of connector does the drive have?  Is it a standard small-IDE 
> connector?

Nope.

> If so, get a standard<->small IDE adapter and stick the 
> drive in a desktop system.  Suck off all your data, and blow a DOS 
> partition onto it.

I can do that from the laptop remotely I believe.  I can boot into
single-user and possibly tar up /etc (hopefully the error isn't in
there), and also dump /usr.  I might be able to restore it *IF* DOS can
somehow do bad-block re-allocation.

> If you can format the DOS partition OK (no errors), 
> then I'll be mildly surprised.  If not, you have a warranty return on 
> your hands.

It's almost 3 years old, so no warranty in in effect here. :(


Nate