From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>
Subject: Re: Problem with ata layer in 2.6.24
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:16:00 -0500
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Gene Heskett wrote:
..
> That's ok, dd seemed to do the job also.
..

The two programs operate entirely differently from each other,
so it may still be worth trying the make_bad_sector utility there.

dd goes through the regular kernel I/O calls,
whereas make_bad_sector sends raw ATA commands
directly (more or less) to the drive.

-ml