At 8:54 AM -0400 3/23/2009, insightinmind wrote: > >I believe the bad sectors are mapped out, even when zeroing the >partitions ... as someone said, the controller doesn't function >around partition boundaries (my paraphrasing). Still not sure of the >answer here.
Not sure what "controller doesn't function around partition boundaries" means. Sounds like you're trying to get the crane operator to deal with what's inside of the cargo container. Partitions are a SOFTWARE data construct, created and managed by your Mac's file system. The controller is HARDWARE. It knows NOTHING about the partitions. The controller only knows the whole hard drive, by managing the stream of logical blocks (as presented to the outside world), against the actual physical geometry of the drive (cylinders, platters, tracks, sectors, etc). - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
