On Mar 23, 2009, at 2:54 PM, Dan wrote:
> > At 8:54 AM -0400 3/23/2009, insightinmind wrote: >> >> I believe the bad sectors are mapped out, even when zeroing the >> partitions ... as someone said, the controller doesn't function >> around partition boundaries (my paraphrasing). Still not sure of the >> answer here. > > Not sure what "controller doesn't function around partition > boundaries" means. Sounds like you're trying to get the crane > operator to deal with what's inside of the cargo container. > > Partitions are a SOFTWARE data construct, created and managed by your > Mac's file system. The controller is HARDWARE. It knows NOTHING > about the partitions. The controller only knows the whole hard > drive, by managing the stream of logical blocks (as presented to the > outside world), against the actual physical geometry of the drive > (cylinders, platters, tracks, sectors, etc). The original question led to something to the effect ... when you erase and zero a partition of a multiple partitioned drive, does it map out bad sectors of that partition. I thought someone responded with the statement that the controller controls the mapping out, and doesn't see partitions. The answer then seemed to be yes ... zeroing a partition would cause the controller to map out any bad sectors. Is that correct? Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
