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/NOF
Date: September 9, 1986
Number: 149
Title: COMPSURF Bug Fixes and Enhancements
The latest version of COMPSURF (for Advanced NetWare 86 2.0X and
Advanced NetWare 286 2.0X) contains the following bug fixes and
enhancements:
1.A problem existed in COMPSURF's comprehensive test which
could have corrupted the bad block table. This problem only
occurred with drives larger than 50 MB. One configuration that
exhibited the problem was the Maxtor XT-1140 running as an
IBM AT internal drive. This problem has now been eliminated.
2.The 8 MHz IBM AT has the capability of using drives of type 16
- 255. The previous version of COMPSURF displayed a drive in
this range as type 15. This was only a cosmetic inconvenience
and did not effect the operation of the program; but the
problem has been fixed in the new version.
3.Previously, when the bad block cylinder and head locations were
hand entered from the factory-reported bad block list,
COMPSURF would identify two blocks per cylinder and head
location as being bad. Now, COMPSURF identifies three blocks
per cylinder and head location as being bad. This will help in
more accurately using the factory-reported media defect
information.
4.To do Read/Write tests, COMPSURF generates character patterns
that can be used to identify variations in the media. The
method in which character patterns are generated has been
improved. This should help the new COMPSURF to more easily
and quickly detect marginal areas of the disk.
The new COMPSURF programs are only available for Advanced
NetWare 86 and Advanced NetWare 286 versions. They are called
"COMP86.EXE" and "COMP286.EXE" respectively and are located on
"NetWire" for your convenience.
/FOR