Mapping abs sector numbers to files

[Conor P. Cahill]

marc at dumbcat.sf.ca.us (Marco S Hyman) writes:

>That is exactly what I did.  The surprising part is that the manufacturer
>defect list is empty on both disks and that the 386/ix format/scan (or does it
>use the AHA 1452 format/scan?) has never found an error.  I entered the ones

I strongly recommend against using the OS low level format utility.  Most
controllers have a bios formatting utility that will be much better
than OS utility.

>that I noted on a manual log, though.  We'll see how long this lasts.  It
>seems I have to do this every 6 months or so.

This could be that you have a weak drive, or that the OS format utility just
isn't good enough.  If I had repeating bad sectors popping up every once in
a while, I would make sure I have a good backup procedure.

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