On 2003.02.06 10:30, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> 
> Re: Where's the bad block information on IDE Disks?
> 
> It is "hidden". The disk keeps spare blocks around and conceals the
> bad ones from you automatically. If you start seeing bad blocks on
> your drive, it means that you have so many of them that the disk can't
> recover from it on its own. It probably means your disk is going to die...

So, the autoconf messages and disklabel don't show the actual 
amount of sectors but ("actual amount" - "spare sectors for bad block replacement") ?

Chris

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Christoph Kaegi                                           kgc@zhwin.ch
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