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From: Ric Wheeler <ric@emc.com>
Subject: Re: bad block management
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:43:58 -0400
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jyotiv wrote:
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> Modern disk drives manages the bad blocks(sectors).
> 
> We are keeping in mind that hard drive, the  user is using may not be
> modern.
> In such case this bad block management at file system level is help ful.
> 
> And for modern hard drives it is helpful only after reserved sector for
> remapping are exhasted.
> 
> 
> UDF what we have implemented is for hard disk with high capacity.
> Thank you every body.
> 
> Rgrds,
> Kgp
> 

I think that you will not see many drives still running that don't 
handle bad block remapping.

Best of luck!

Ric