On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 07:50:59AM -0400, Brian wrote:
> >
> 
> What exists that would let me configure output to the serial port?  
> This is a headless, non-USB Cobalt Qube, it would have to be something 
> that would take for input the USB output from the UPS, and then on the 
> serial console, issue the shutdown commands.

Your UPS is usb-only ? Well, it's probably out of luck then :(

> 
> >
> >Uhm... mapping out bad blocks is a function of modern disks (IDE as 
> >well
> >as SCSI). However, this might be configures off for your driver, or 
> >might
> >only happen when you _write_ them, as the disk can not know what to 
> >write
> >into the remapped blocks when it can't read the original ones.
> >
> 
> I might have to pull the (IDE) HD out, put it in a desktop, and 
> reformat the partition using appropriate tools that way.  But as you 
> say, I would have expected bad blocks should get remapped automagically 
> using the reserved areas.

they should be remapped on write, but not on read (what would the drive put
in the remapped sector then ?).

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