26 Jan
2005
26 Jan
'05
4:05 a.m.
Stupid question, but does anyone know if the SCSI BIOS format utility on
Adaptec 29160 or 2940 cards does bad block checking and reassignment?
I've got a 1GB Fujitsu SCSI drive here that has one dodgy block right in
the middle of the disk (according to the Linux badblocks util, which
still has a couple of passes to run).
Unfortunately I want the disk for my Tektronix, and I think bad block
mapping under Linux is only done at the filesystem level, rather than
Linux being able to low-level format the drive and map blocks out that
way.
I'm a bit wary of the Adaptec BIOS utility - hopefully it won't trash
the drive...
cheers
Jules