Subject: Re: Ahh, fudge. Now the drive's dead.
To: None <port-vax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Michael Sokolov <sokolov@alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu>
List: port-vax
Date: 01/27/1998 23:13:51
Boris Gjenero <bgjenero@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> I've tried that, though I can't say I've been too successful.  It would
> be a lot of trouble, and you do need to be lucky.  With a few you stand
> a chance, but if there are more, some will probably end up in the inode
> data.  I guess if they are in the inode data you can fsck with different
> parameters or partitioning and hope they're in files.  You can have
> hours of fun this way.  :-) 
Wouldn't it be better to spend those hours writing the bad144 support code for
the driver in question?

Sincerely,
Michael Sokolov
Phone: 440-449-0299
ARPA Internet SMTP mail: sokolov@alpha.ces.cwru.edu