by Sorry to reply to my own post, but its right in the SCO manual. The
utility is badtrk.
>We have an SCO UNIX box that's developed a bad block on its IDE disk. As
>soon as the system hits multi-user mode, it generates the message
>Warning: wd: on fixed disk ctlr=0 dev=1/40 block=70815 cmd=00000020
>status=00005910, sector=213966, cylinder/hd=212/4
>over and over ,,,,
>Anybody know of a utility that will let me mark the block bad and prevent
>the system from checking it?
bob daniel | Network Commmunications Group, Inc.
http://www.ncgi.com | fax: 719.634.6110
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