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- Subject: (Repeat) Query on fix for bad disk block.
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.161824.7345@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 16:18:24 GMT
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- Organization: Trinity University, San Antonio TX. USA
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- Several weeks ago tried to repair a block on my disk without
- having to format the disk and reload the software.
- I used the repair option of the format command.
- But lo and behold the same block keeps failing again.
- This leaves me with the following questions:
- 1. What does repair actually do?
- 2. After you repair do you have as a separate operation add
- the block to the defect list using defect option of format?
- 3. The defective block is in the root partition and it must
- be in a program that is used often enough to cause frequent
- failure. What will happen to that program if I add the block to
- the defect list?
- 4. Is there a way to tell what program includes that block?
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- Aaron Konstam - Computer Science Department
- Trinity University , San Antonio, TX 78212
- email: akonstam@trinity.edu
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