20 Mar
2005
20 Mar
'05
2:01 p.m.
Also, the disk isn't perfect. It's thrown up a
couple of unrecoverable
ECC errors during the time we've had it running, so there are definitely
one or two bad blocks on the drive. We've got spare SMD drives if needs
be. Maybe SunOS has a bad block scanning / remapping command that can be
used post-install? (Probably not though - it usually seems to be an
install-time thing)
The disk program that you are looking for is "format". If you plug on a
second SMD drive, and it is one of the models used by Sun, then you can
select the appropriate model, select the partition table to use, and
format/verify the drive. A 124MB drive takes hours to format and verify.
There are two SMD controller boards that will work in your system. The 450
is limited to less than 1024 cylinders, the 451 will work with larger drives.
Michael Thompson
E-Mail: M_Thompson at IDS.net