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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!tinman2!tdphette From: tdphette@mke.ab.com (Thad Phetteplace x4461) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: ever lasting wd 2 drive problem Date: 13 May 1993 15:18:29 GMT Organization: Allen-Bradley Co. Lines: 25 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1stos5INNca7@scarecrow.mke.ab.com> References: <1sqra7$etp@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: tinman.mke.ab.com X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4 lessen@axion.bt.co.uk (Lee Essen) writes: : In article <1sqmk9$coe@urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>, : kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph Kukulies) writes: : |> : |> qp230at|Quantum Peripherals 230MB IDE:\ : |> :dt=ESDI:ty=winchester:se#512:nt#13:ns#51:nc#723:sf: \ : ^^^ : : sf = the drive supports bad144 sector forwarding. I had the same problem a while back. Nate was kind enough to email me the answer. I considered posting the solution but at the time it looked as if I was the only one having the problem. Perhaps its time we bundled a new disktab in the patchkit, one with new drives added old ones fixed. It might save a few people a lot of grief. -- Thad Phetteplace Network Systems Analyst, Allen-Bradley Co. Phone: (414)382-4461 Email: tdphette@mke.ab.com The opinions expressed here are entirely my own and not that of my employer. I am not a slob, I am simply doing an experiment in domestic entropy!