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From: rkb55989@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Rafal Boni)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Differences between Net/Free BSD?
Date: 27 Nov 1994 23:30:40 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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banshee@boing.resort.com (John Vinopal) writes:

>I wasn't under the impression that bad144 actually worked.

	Well, it limits you to 126 bad sectors, but yes, it works.  I'm using
	it on two *very* error-filled ESDI drives.

	The bummer is that if you need it to load your kernel *and* your disk 
	has more than 1024 cyls. then you're stuck.... Fortunately, the bottom
	half of my boot drive [one of the ESDI's, which are both > 1024 cyls.]
	is relatively clean of errors.

	This is under NetBSD-1.0, FWIW.

							--rafal

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