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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!qns3.qns.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!uucp.primenet.com!news.typo.org!web From: BOFH <web@typo.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: IDE disk scan for bad sectors Date: 17 Jul 1996 20:02:40 GMT Organization: typo.org Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4sjgt0$1gr@typo.org> References: <4sj1uv$3a7@skydiver.jaguNET.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: typo.org Sean Emery <emerys@confucius.omniscient.com> wrote: : 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. Not sure of the exact answer however, in my experience, I've not had drives come up with more than one odd bad sector (which can be mapped out when found) unless the drive as a whole is about ready to fail.