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 Lines: 13 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. -- "IBM Personal System/2. It's like having 256,000 crayons in one box." For those of you who are still doing your business reports with crayons! S. L. Millions ..!uunet!mcl!stacy