[Info-vax] analyze/disk errors

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2013-12-06 06:19:40 +0000, Paul Sture said:

> Popcorn anyone?

Some folks are just good choices for quality, documentation and testing 
projects.  Some folks can find and identify the darndest bugs, and 
pursue them with gusto.    As was mentioned upthread and in an earlier 
era, I'd be working to offer access to beta software to these folks, if 
not them to the testing team wasn't on the table,  (Folks often 
underestimate the value of the ability to break stuff; it's a skill.)

It never would have occurred to me to try to "repair" BADBLK.SYS here, 
nor apparently did this thought occur to whoever was testing the 
ANALYZE /DISK tool.  (Unfortunately, disk errors are like other 
hardware errors; they seldom perform as expected and when desired.)

Which reminds me: might anyone have a stash of bad 2.5" SFF SAS or SATA 
disks in a drawer, and that they might be willing to part with a few?  
I'm looking at hacking around in the area of device errors, and might 
be looking for some bad disks for error-management "target practice".  
(Might end up reposting this part separately.)

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