Re: Sync option destroys flash!

[linux]

>> hda: read_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> hda: read_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=6, sector=6
>> end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 6
>> unable to read partition table
> [SNIPPED...]
> 
> You can "fix" this by writing all sectors. Although the data is lost,
> the flash-RAM isn't. This can (read will) happen if you pull the
> flash-RAM out of its socket with the power ON.

Er... no.  Trying to write 8K to /dev/hda, I get the above error
on sector 15.

My *other* problems could be fixed by rewriting the affected sector, but
this one seems to be a doozy.  I never saw "SectorIdNotFound" before.

>  Notice : All mail here is now cached for review by Dictator Bush.

As long as he has to read it personally, that's fine.  I'll get some
small pleasure watching his lips move.
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