In message <m0ryxvW-00006pC@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>, Alistair G. Crooks writes:
> > I'm running:
> > 
> > NetBSD 1.0/i386
> > 
> > 
> > With:
> > 
> > aha0: 1542C/CF detected, unlocking mailbox
> 
> Have you tried using the Adaptec BIOS to verify the media (it's a
> non-destructive verification)?
> 

Nope, I don't have the Adaptec BIOS handy.  However, I am currently
mucking the sd driver to do a SCSI REASSIGN BLOCK command on a
DIOCREASSIGN ioctl.  That way I should be able to rig up something
along the line of a minimal 'format', which will allow me to remap
blocks on devices that support it.  This way I can also check where
the bad block actually is, ie: directory block, inode, etc...

PS:
Yes, the SCSI BIOS is *not* accessible (I would have to bood from
a dos floppy with the adaptec utils) to me.  Local politics being
the way they are, I will not get access to that BIOS any time soon.


--Toby.
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