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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
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> 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?