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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!sgigate.sgi.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.jaguNET.com!confucius.omniscient.com!emerys From: emerys@confucius.omniscient.com (Sean Emery) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: IDE disk scan for bad sectors Date: 17 Jul 1996 15:47:43 GMT Organization: jaguNET Access Services Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4sj1uv$3a7@skydiver.jaguNET.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: confucius.jagunet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hello all, Just wondering which command is 'more preferred' for periodic scanning for bad sectors on EIDE hard drives, bad144 or badsect. The man pages for bad144 refer to DEC standard and 'if your drive supports...' Sounds like EIDE disks don't automatically take care of themselves in the event of bad sectors, so I prefer to take the preemptive approach. Thanks for the info. Sean Emery emerys@confucius.jagunet.com