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SubjectRe: 520 byte sectors - any ideas?

>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

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"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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