[TUHS] mkfs somewhere else?

[Jacob Ritorto]

what about using another minor device?  Is xp0d mapped elsewhere?

On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 1:36 AM, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 8 Feb 2015, Jacob Ritorto wrote:
>
> > However, when I try to mkfs, I can see the heads trying to write on the
> > headcrashed part of the disk.  (Nice having those plexiglass covers!)
> >
> > Is there a way to tell mkfs (or perhaps some other program) to not try
> > to write on the damaged cylinders?
>
> Modify the driver itself?
>
> I also wrote a paper on a "bad block" system, where something like inum
> "-1" contained the list of bad sectors, but never saw it through.
>
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