Changes between Version 32 and Version 33 of BadBlockHowto
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v32 v33 568 568 Here is an alternate brute force technique to consider: if the data on the SCSI disk has all been backed up (e.g. is held on the other disks in a RAID 5 enclosure), then simply reformatting the disk with [https://manned.org/sg_format.8 `sg_format`] may be the least cumbersome approach. 569 569 570 (In the ATA command set, the OS is not given access to such fine-grained control as in SCSI. The equi avelant of AWRE nearly always happens, so all you do is write over the defect. You also don't get an LBA-level format operation, only "security erase".)570 (In the ATA command set, the OS is not given access to such fine-grained control as in SCSI. The equivalent of AWRE nearly always happens, so all you do is write over the defect. You also don't get an LBA-level format operation, only "security erase".) 571 571 572 572 ==== Example ====