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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

4651.0. "Read errors on harddisk" by SIEVAX::CHANT () Tue Apr 02 1991 06:24

FixDisk (V1.2) reports read errors at the following 'locations' :

Block	Cyl	Head	Sector
87224	732	6	14
47243	397	0	0

I've tried reformating the partions but it still reports the error. Next I
want to try to mark the blocks as bad using PREP but prep wants badblocks in
the form of cyl,head and offset. Is sector the same as offset ? If not how
do I convert the two ?

ta,
Adrian
T.RTitleUserPersonal
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4651.1offset, isn't that a print technique?SDOGUS::WILLIAMSTOPGUNTue Apr 02 1991 15:097
    I think that "offset" refers to the byte-offset.  But you might do the
    following.  If you are using MFM you are at 17 sectors per track and 1
    block per sector and 512 bytes per block.  So 14 X 512 = 7168 as the
    byte offset.  The other is byte offset 0.  You can try these and see
    what happens.
    
    Clark
4651.2FixDisk?CSSE32::SMITHReality, just a visible imagination?Tue Apr 02 1991 21:0910
    Re .0
    
    Is FixDisk a PD utility?  If so can you provide a pointer to it or post
    it?
    
    I currently have a badspot on my HD0: but have had to leave a file
    (BAD.file) there to insure I don't step on it.  A trick from the RT11
    days! 
    
    ...Ed
4651.3BOMBE::MOOREAmiga: Where 'multimedia' REALLY beganTue Apr 02 1991 21:141
    FixDisk V1.2 is on Fish disk #403.