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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!cyberspace.com!cyberspace.com!not-for-mail From: valko@cyberspace.com (Jack Valko) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: /sbin/badsect Date: 18 May 1995 21:40:27 -0700 Organization: C y b e r S p a c e - (206) 505-5577 Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3ph7fr$9u7@case.cyberspace.com> References: <3pggv4$1ir@case.cyberspace.com> <3pgl5j$lri@park.uvsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: case.cyberspace.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Terry Lambert (terry@cs.weber.edu) wrote: : valko@cyberspace.com (Jack Valko) wrote: : ] Does anyone know if /sbin/badsect can be used to map out badsectors on : ] mounted partitions? I have a bad disk sector in sd0a and it seems like : ] I'm going to need to boot from a floppy to fix this. : ] : ] Does anyone have a procedure in hand that they could post on how to : ] accomplish this? : SCSI does this for you automatically. : If you have a SCSI device (the sd0a you refer to is a SCSI drive : name) that has a bad sector, then it is already fixed. : If it isn't, you're drive is on the verge of going to hell in a : handbasket, since you must be out of replacements. I do have a SCSI drive. Bummer. Will a low-level reformat fix the problem? Jack