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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.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!hudson.lm.com!godot.cc.duq.edu!newsfeed.pitt.edu!uunet!news.iii.net!iii1.iii.net!not-for-mail From: hdslip@iii1.iii.net (HD Associates) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Utility to check for bad sectors? Date: 21 May 1995 11:15:14 -0400 Organization: HD Associates, Inc. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3pnlel$ar@iii1.iii.net> References: <3pm5q5$mct@noc.tor.hookup.net> <3pmvcr$2m9@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: iii1.iii.net In article <3pmvcr$2m9@agate.berkeley.edu>, Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@violet.berkeley.edu> wrote: >In article <3pm5q5$mct@noc.tor.hookup.net>, >Greg Schmidt <gschmidt@noc.tor.hookup.net> wrote: >>Oh, here's a couple of lines from the messages log which may be useful: >> kernel: fd0: Seek to cyl 0, but not really there (ST3 = 20<drdy>) >> kernel: fd0: recal failed ST0 70<abnrml,seek_cmplt,equ_chck> cyl 0 > >That's your floppy drive. There's nothing wrong with your hard disk.. :-) > "What color is your Gatweay 2000?" This looks like the "2.0R boot floppy bug" which was fixed in all later snaps. It is present on the Micronics motherboard used in some Gateways, as well as other systems. If you have a spare floppy controller then disable the motherboard one and install, or get a newer boot snap. -- Peter Dufault Real Time Machine Control and Simulation HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267