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? Regards, Rene