[haiku-development] Aw: Re: Latest changes and general status.
- From: Marcus Overhagen <marcusoverhagen@xxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:18:19 +0200 (CEST)
Von: Rene Gollent <anevilyak@xxxxxxxxx>
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Current drives expose their blocks in a way that close block numbers
> > correspond to close locations on the drive. What they support now is
>
> Is that necessarily true? If the disk silently remaps a block out of
> its spares due to a failing sector, there's no guarantee they're
> physically close is there?
>
You are correct. ramapping of defective blocks is transparent to the user.
A remapped block wit LBA 1 might very well be located at the end of the device.
Marcus
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