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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!news.service.uci.edu!network.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!crash!barstool!barstool.cts.com!bob From: bob@barstool.cts.com (Robert Crowe) Subject: Re: Format (for netbsd): where is it??? Nntp-Posting-Host: barstool.cts.com References: <1993Sep01.182438.12330@crash> <1993Sep04.013604.5223@crash> Sender: usenet@speakez.com (Usenet Admin Account) Organization: /usr/lib/news/organi[sz]ation Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1993 03:45:11 GMT Message-ID: <CCv3rq.1DG@speakez.com> Lines: 29 In article <1993Sep04.013604.5223@crash>, Tom Zacharoff <warelock@crash.cts.com> wrote: > >WHERE IS THE FORMAT COMMAND? DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A WORKING, PORTED VERSION >OF A DISK FORMATTING/MEDIA VERIFYING/BAD144 COMPATIBLE PROGRAM FOR NETBSD? To my knowledge, there is no format command for netbsd. The problem is not just the lack of a user program, but also the lack of format capablity in the kernel drivers. >Do you all think you can get by without a program like this? Bad144 is a >good thing but to think you can just throw netbsd on a hard disk with bad >areas you may not even know about is just plain dumb. I'm doing it now >because I have no choice. It really sucks to have to deal with an unstable >unix box that doesn't have to be like this. > >Somebody please respond. Thanks. I know this ain't what you wanna hear, but you could try another disk. If you are getting a lot of bad areas on your disk, chances are it's getting ready to go south anyhow. -Bob. -- =========================================================== Robert Crowe email: bob@speakez.com SpeakEasy Software voice: +1 619 457 4776 x202