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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!nntp.teleport.com!news.serv.net!not-for-mail From: zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How do I mark bad blocks on my disk? Date: 16 Jun 1996 20:45:23 -0700 Organization: ServNet Internet Services, Seattle, WA Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4q2kcj$157@itchy.serv.net> References: <31bc6265.0@jupiter.os.com> <4phtfc$ghj@nntp5.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: itchy.serv.net In article <4phtfc$ghj@nntp5.u.washington.edu>, <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > > scsi -f /dev/rsd1c -e -m 1 > >You should see the following as the first two lines: > >AWRE (Auto Write Reallocation Enbld): 1 >ARRE (Auto Read Reallocation Enbld): 1 Speaking from experience, this may not actually work. I would recommend going to the controller level or the controller-specific software and doing a 'verify media' if it's available. For example, the adaptec 2940 has this at the BIOS level. -- Sean T. Lamont, President / CEO, Abstract Software, Inc. (ServNet) - Internet access * WWW hosting * TCP/IP * UNIX * NEXTSTEP * WWW Development - email: lamont@abstractsoft.com WWW: http://www.serv.net "...There's no moral, it's just a lot of stuff that happens". - H. Simpson