Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 21:08:23 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Kent Hauser <kent@tfd.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: large IDE disks Message-ID: <26327.880056503@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 20 Nov 1997 10:39:01 EST." <199711201539.KAA14531@rtp.tfd.com>
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In message <199711201539.KAA14531@rtp.tfd.com>, Kent Hauser writes: > >I need some advice. > >I'm putting a 2.2 GB IDE disk in my laptop. The problem is the >bad sector information. With the straightforward approach, you >can only store 126 bad sectors. A lot more than that were found. With a 2.2 GB disk, you don't have to think about bad sectors, the disk drives firmware does it for you. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
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