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From: jim@wft.stack.urc.tue.nl (Jim Rump,,040-518599,040-518599)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: badsect not working.
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Date: 10 Mar 93 20:46:27 GMT
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Organization: Eindhoven university of technology
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Hi,

I am trying to use a IDE-disk with badsectors. The badsect command does not
work for me. When I use badsect as described in the manualpage, I get
a "Device busy". What could I be doing wrong here?.

What I've tried:

* Boot from the fixit floppy and mount the disk before using badsect.
* Boot from harddisk and then use badsect.

The effect of both where the same.

Is there someone with simulair experience?

Jim.