On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 01:56:02PM -0500, George Georgalis wrote:
>I seem to have come across a quirk for Maxtor SATA drives:
>
>wd1 at atabus3 drive 0: <MAXTOR STM3200820AS>
>wd1: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
>wd1: 186 GB, 387621 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 390721968 sectors
>wd1: 32-bit data port
>wd1: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133)
>wd1(viaide1:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 6 (Ultra/133) (using DMA)
>
>    dd if=/dev/rwd1a of=/dev/null skip=268435392 count=1
>
>with kernel messages:
>
>wd1a: error reading fsbn 268435392 of 268435392-268435519 (wd1 bn 268435455; cn 266305 tn 0 sn 15), retrying
>wd1: (id not found)

I get the same (single) bad block on two new drives.
that's fffffc0 and I don't see an existing quirk
table for Maxtor SATA drives.

if someone plans to make one and wants me to test, let me know
asap, since I'll be returning the drives shortly.

// George


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George Georgalis, systems architect, administrator <IXOYE><