-The normal procedure for adding new bad sectors to an SMD or RP06 drive
-with an existing bad sector table is the following:
-.IP 1.
-Shut down to single-user operation.
-.IP 2.
-Use ``\c
-.I bad144 \-a \-f
-drive sector ...''
-to add new bad sectors to the table, formatting them as bad.
-The
-.B \-c
-option may also be used if the original sectors may be readable.
-.IP 3.
-Reboot to allow the kernel to reread the bad-sector table from the drive.
+It is no longer necessary to reboot to allow the kernel
+to reread the bad-sector table from the drive.