SATA problem

[Jonas Sundström]

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Bill Hacker wrote:
> Look at the slices and note that there is 'unused' 
> (and unusable) space showing.  Drives will reserve
> space for a pool of replacements for bad blocks.
>  An OS will reserve a bit more.

Aren't these ununsed areas due to simple alignment
issues? I was under the impression that the bad block 
management is completely seamless, being one layer
down, so to speak. Right or wrong?

/Jonas Sundström.             www.kirilla.com