Was it actually in a _ separate_partition_? I thought that Andrew was using his iMac fairly generically as an out-of-the-box computer and just booting into OS 9 instead of OS X. I didn't think that he had reformatted his hard drive when he purchased the computer and created two partitions and installed OS 9 on one and OS X on the other.
If he did all of that then the problem is more complex, but you are perhaps right that he should not worry too much about the bad blocks until he goes to Panther. But, if he does have multiple partitions, when he goes to OS X entirely and wants to use the second partition for data (or whatever, since he will no longer be using OS 9), then he will still have the problem of a second partition which is unreliable and, to my knowledge, no way to fix it with out reformatting both partitions.
Best wishes,
-=-Dennis
Since this thread is still going, let me clarify: I'm using the out-of-the-box configuration. From my point of view, all of this is happening on an absolutely huge disc, only 14% of which actually has any data on it. It happens that somewhere in that 14% are two bad blocks. Norton Utilities tells me that these are in "vital areas of the disc" wh. I at first assumed meant system files, but wh. I now think refers to the disc's own organizational structure, like the directory or something. I replaced my trackball w. the original mouse and was finally able to run Norton from the CD, which told me once again that "vital areas of the disc" were affected, that it couldn't continue evaluating the disc, and that I should reformat everything.
Two bad blocks in 38GB, 86% of wh. is empty? I think, Dennis to the contrary, that I'll take my chances.
I sort of have to anyway: I can't find the CDs that came with the computer! -- Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press
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