Re: Linux EMC computer

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Paul <no.spam27@n...> wrote:

>
> Crap !
> Even the most brain dead installs call fdisk to carry out the

partitioning

> of a hard disk. A low level format is when bad blocks are detected and
> marked. After running fdisk, formatting is mandatory on ANY file

system be it

> NTFS, FAT16, or EXT2. Even under expert mode, the BDI installs will

still run

> a formatting program.
>

Well I should have said " I think it doesn't ". The reason I made that
statement was I tried reinstalling the BDI 6 plus times one nite. The
reason for the reinstall was bootup file read errors. Also tried
another used hard drive. Funny thing ,... during bootup I noticed
error messages reporting where on the drive the problem was, (
different on the two hard drives I had ). Only after running FDISK
manually did I have success. If low level formating is the way to
detect and mark bad blocks then it must not happen with an automatic
install. Because there is a huge difference in install time, manually
partitioning and running FDISK ( get a couple cups of coffee ).

It wasn't untill days later I asked a friend of mine if he had
installed the BDI I gave him. He said he tried , didn't work and gave
up. The second hard drive ? Got it from him ,... the one he used.

My question is, if FDISK is needed and called during the automatic
install, why do you have the option NOT to use it during a manual
install. Why will a hard drive with bad blocks have problems with a
auto install and not with a manual? And why the time difference
between the two types of installs ?

Frank .,,,,,, By the way I love EMC , just questions