Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcl!stacy
From: stacy@mcl.UUCP (Stacy L. Millions)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: SCO and hard disk errors
Summary: looking after DOS partitions is not Xenix's job
Keywords: sco,hard disk,errors,bad handling
Message-ID: <540@mcl.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jun 88 16:13:42 GMT
References: <51@libove.UUCP> <694@nod2sco> <2354@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Millions Computing Ltd., Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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In article <2354@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, kinmonthprep@deneb.ucdavis.edu (0000;0000005488;410;465;401;) writes:
> What about the MSDOS partition.  The badtrk utility refuses to
> accept bad track information for the MSDOS partition ...

It is not the function of Xenix to look after the DOS partition, that
job should be done by the DOS format utility, after that the Xenix 
"dos functions" should not access any tracks that DOS wouldn't.

-- 
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    For those of you who are still doing your business reports with crayons!

S. L. Millions                                            ..!uunet!mcl!stacy