From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jacob.ritorto@gmail.com (Jacob Ritorto) Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 02:03:51 -0500 Subject: [TUHS] mkfs somewhere else? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: what about using another minor device? Is xp0d mapped elsewhere? On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 1:36 AM, Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Sun, 8 Feb 2015, Jacob Ritorto wrote: > > > However, when I try to mkfs, I can see the heads trying to write on the > > headcrashed part of the disk. (Nice having those plexiglass covers!) > > > > Is there a way to tell mkfs (or perhaps some other program) to not try > > to write on the damaged cylinders? > > Modify the driver itself? > > I also wrote a paper on a "bad block" system, where something like inum > "-1" contained the list of bad sectors, but never saw it through. > > -- > Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Bliss is a MacBook with a FreeBSD server." > http://www.horsfall.org/spam.html (and check the home page whilst you're > there) > _______________________________________________ > TUHS mailing list > TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org > https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: