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From: lessen@axion.bt.co.uk (Lee Essen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: ever lasting wd 2 drive problem
Date: 12 May 1993 12:41:43 GMT
Organization: BT Laboratories
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In article <1sqmk9$coe@urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>, kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph Kukulies) writes:
|>
|> qp230at|Quantum Peripherals 230MB IDE:\
|> :dt=ESDI:ty=winchester:se#512:nt#13:ns#51:nc#723:sf: \
^^^
sf = the drive supports bad144 sector forwarding.
I have a qp120at and I had a similar problem to the one that you describe, I
solved it by removing the :sf: entry here and re-labeling/newfs'ing the drive.
I think the problem is that you say the drive supports the bad144 thing but then
don't allow any space for it. (i.e. partition h was the entire drive).
You'll notice from your disklabel of wd0 that cylinders 0-720 are used and
721 and 722 are free!!
I may be talking complete crap because I don't really understand the bad144 thing
but it worked for me!
I also rebuilt the boot blocks (/sys/i386/boot) with the -DUSE_BAD144 removed!
Lee.