Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | "Eric Youngdale" <> | Date | Tue, 28 May 1996 08:57:33 -0400 | Subject | Re: 520 byte sectors - any ideas? |
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>It should be possible to modify the SCSI driver to r/w the excess data >from/to some Random Area, given either an adapter which can do >scatter/gather or somebody who is willing to copy the block around once >again, but there's a better solution: Reformat.
Frankly I don't think it is worth the trouble to teach linux to use 520 byte sectors. I agree that reformatting (or dumping the drive in the trash if this fails) is probably the best solution.
-Eric
-- "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And lines to code before I sleep, And lines to code before I sleep."
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