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)