On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Jules Richardson wrote:
>
> Stupid question, but does anyone know if the SCSI BIOS format utility on
> Adaptec 29160 or 2940 cards does bad block checking and reassignment?
>
My experience with the 29160 is that it does.
There is also a utility scu (apparently a linux compiled version of the
Ultrix/Tru64 utility of the same name) which will allow bad block checking
and automatic or manual relocation from linux.
In the last month its download location seems to have vanished
(
http://www.bit-net.com/~rmiller/scu.html) But if it you can find it it
will help.
> I'm a bit wary of the Adaptec BIOS utility - hopefully it won't trash
> the drive...
>
Mine worked OK, but it will choke if the relocation caching table is full.
Received on Wed Jan 26 2005 - 10:30:42 GMT