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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!news2.near.net!news.delphi.com!BIX.com!arog From: arog@BIX.com (arog on BIX) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: HELP!! Bad Sectors... Date: 17 Jul 94 10:40:50 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation Lines: 50 Message-ID: <arog.774441650@BIX.com> References: <3012fv$280@pksbln.in-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: bix.com maverick@pksbln.in-berlin.de (Dennis Pfau) writes: >I have the following Configuration: >Cx486S 33Mhz-VL >210Mb Conner HDD (IDE) >FreeBSD 1.1.5 >Now my problem: >I've got the FreeBSD 1.1 on my HDD together with MS-D*S. (110Mb D*S, >110Mb FreeBSD) Now I want the full 210Mb for FreeBSD. I installed >FreeBSD 1.1.5 using the floppy-disks. But after installation, >the Kernel sometimes reports errors on the Harddisk. So, the HDD >has some bad sectors. Not the Problem... But neither 'fsck' nor >'bad144' nor 'badsect' could help. Has anyone an idea, how to >makes the bad secs unwritable an unreadable??? >(The Messages are very, very nerving... :-((( ) >Please HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >P.S.: Any idea can be posted here or per email to > maverick@pksbln.in-berlin.de. Thanx... >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >maverick@pksbln.in-berlin.de | Eingetragener User der PKSBLN >BBS: PKSBLN (030) 416 88 95 | Voice:(030) 261 53 13 >300-14400bps HST/V.32bis 8N1 | D. Pfau Pohlstr.75 10785 Berlin >If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some. Dennis, I've read Geoff's comments and there is another possibility here. In the install script, it asks if your drive manages bad sectors automatically. If answered yes (the default) it leaves no room for bad144 to write out its table. Answered No, it does. By taking the default yes, I generated a situation much like the one that you describe on the MFM drive that I'm using on that machine. ....................................................... Alan Ogden arog@BIX.com