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- This is a simple little program I made in a few hours
- using MANX C V3.6. This program gives the information
- needed to mark bad cylinders on your harddrive using
- Prep. The input is the key number the system shows you
- after it detects a harddrive error. You must also supply
- the low cylinder number of the Harddrive partition that
- has the error on it. This can be found in your mountlist,
- if you Harddrive uses a mountlist - some do not.
- The number of heads and sectors per track are also needed.
-
- You MUST press return after entering a number to
- refresh the prep information. Clicking from one
- gadget to the next will not do it.
-
- I do not check to see if you typed a valid key number,
- I only check to see if what you typed is greater then 0
- to keep your Amiga from the GURU (divide by zero error).
-
- This program is FREEWARE. You can use it and copy
- it for anyone, but you can't make money from it.
-
- THIS PROGRAM should not have to EXIST! Where are the
- programs that take care of mapping out harddrive
- errors on the fly. Does the FastFileSystem do this? I don't
- think so, I still see people having problems with their
- Hard drives and Key errors. I know the Old File System didn't.
- Believe it or not, I don't have a harddrive.
-
- I cannot be held responsible for
- errors in the prep information, or for any other reason.
-
- Many Thanks to Don Curtis for all the Math used in this
- Program!!
-
- Any comments good or bad are welcome.
-
- Send any comments or pizza's you may have to :
-
- Mark Bowser
- 551 Stauffer Rd.
- Lititz, PA 17543