Weirdity with my 8" drive

[vrs]

From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at siconic.com>
> On Sun, 1 May 2005, Dave Dunfield wrote:
> > It means that ANADISK saw gaps in the sector numbering.
> > For example, it might have seen sectors:
> >   1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9
> > In this case there is a "gap" which is sector #5 missing.
>
> Gee, why can't it just say, "I didn't find sector 5" instead of the
> message it gives, which is akin to, "Hey, I did find a sector between
> 11-20...guess which one?"

Perhaps it is an accident that #5 was the one dropped (in the example).  If
the problem is that the controller chip isn't quite keeping up with the
sectors rotating by, then which sector gets dropped may not be quite
deterministic.  In that case, it might be better to issue a general
complaint, rather than an overly specific one.

    Vince