In message <199506121205.OAA01450@wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de>, Andrew Wheadon writes:
> 
> We (at least I am.) are talking about remapping bad 
> sectors that fail even on repeated read-access. Thus 
> SCSI will NOT remap these sectors automatically.
> No it doesn't happen very often (once in two years.).
> When it does there is no other solution than to 
> use a utility like Adaptecs verification-BIOS to
> scan and force remapping of these bad blocks.
> 
> The comment was only made as one of the very few
> reasons to have an Adaptec. And it Peter seems
> to be writing a utility to solve problems like
> these too. 
> 

You don't *need* an adaptec controller to remap blocks.  It is actually
the drive that does the honours, all you need is the appropriate software
to tell the drive to do so...

--Toby.
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