On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Greg Earle wrote:

> > I picked up a sparc classic at an auction with no documentation and
> > software.  I have managed to install netbsd on it without too much
> > trouble.  I am just wondering if there is any way for me to check the disk
> > integrity (i.e. bad sectors).  I do not have access to Solaris or SunOS.
> 
> I dream of the day when the SunOS 4.1.4 "format" runs under SunOS Emulation.

Why not to use sformat from
ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/unix/sformat/sformat-3.3.tar.gz ?
I does the same thing SunOS's format does.
--Yuri Gindin 
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