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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!uunet!in3.uu.net!207.65.96.4!news.planetc.com!news.isdn.net!news From: Mike Rose <mjrose@hotcc.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Format error in bad-sector file Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 23:21:35 -0600 Lines: 11 Message-ID: <330FD3DF.5B5@hotcc.com> References: <330BA102.4CB5@pinehurst.net> <330CA524.7B03@bsdi.infima.cz> Reply-To: mjrose@hotcc.com NNTP-Posting-Host: hot29.hotcc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6075 > Beth Morgan wrote: > > > > Has anyone seen this error before? I just installed 2 new Maxtor 3.5 gb > > hard drives on my Cyrix 200+ machine running BSDI 2.1 (Internet Server). > > When I newfs'ed them, I received an error "format error in bad-sector > > file". I just purchased BSDI 2.1 Internet Server and get the same "format err in bad-sector file" error every time I boot the system. Is this a problem that needs the same kind of correction?