Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:16:00 -0500 | From | Mark Lord <> | Subject | Re: Problem with ata layer in 2.6.24 |
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Gene Heskett wrote: .. > That's ok, dd seemed to do the job also. ..
The two programs operate entirely differently from each other, so it may still be worth trying the make_bad_sector utility there.
dd goes through the regular kernel I/O calls, whereas make_bad_sector sends raw ATA commands directly (more or less) to the drive.
-ml
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