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Date:      Mon, 3 Feb 2003 07:52:35 +0100
From:      Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to map bad sectors on IDE?
Message-ID:  <20030203065235.GB3213@raggedclown.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030203003720.Q62584-100000@voo.doo.net>
References:  <44k7gkq8h0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20030203003720.Q62584-100000@voo.doo.net>

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On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 12:59:50AM +0100, Marc Schneiders wrote:
> On 1 Feb 2003, at 11:19 [=GMT-0500], Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> 
> > John Mills <jmills@speakeasy.net> writes:
> >
> > > out of circulation. 'apropos badblocks' and 'man fsck' failed to suggest
> > > such a function in fBSD, but it might be worth more looking.
> >
> > badsect(8)
> 
> I tried that with the bad sector numbers (with both ranges
> mentioned in the messages, since I wasn't sure which are the
> true ones):
> 
As a last desperate measure, and if everything is backed up somewhere
you could use the manafacturer's test disk to do a low level format --
may or may not help, but sounds like you do not have a lot to lose !

-- 
Regards
   Cliff Sarginson 
   The Netherlands

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