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- From: cpalmer@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (Colin Palmer)
- Subject: Re: Using PC Zip Disks, the truth
- Message-ID: <DMEu5K.Fpz@actrix.gen.nz>
- Sender: news@actrix.gen.nz (News Administrator)
- Organization: Actrix - Internet Services
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 14:41:44 GMT
- References: <3-633-265-0-2401b475@nwamiga.apana.org.au> <1749.6608T839T1525@xmission.com> <DMB1yD.FIG@actrix.gen.nz> <4f5etj$och@fcnews.fc.hp.com>
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- In article <4f5etj$och@fcnews.fc.hp.com>, Tom Kennedy <tomk@fc.hp.com> wrote:
- > Colin Palmer (cpalmer@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz) wrote:
- > : Another thing is that I cannot seem to
- > : format MS-DOS ZIP disks, no matter what I try (it fails with "disk not
- > : validated").
- >
- > I think I see the problem. Your disk geometry is 1 sector to big.
- > (Which won't be noticed for day-to-day operation, but will fail if you
- > fill up the disk or try to format (although a "format QUICK" should
- > work...) )
-
- Oops! Thanks for pointing that out. I've just checked my mountfile, and
- it was correct in there however, so that doesn't explain the formatting
- problem (not even format QUICK works). BTW: has anyone actually tried
- formatting a ZIP disk when it's setup with 1 block per track and 196608
- cylinders, it takes hours!
-
- On a related note, what are the best settings for BlocksPerTrack and
- HighCyl? I've been told that since it's a SCSI drive, these can be any
- values that don't exceed the total disk capacity. HDToolBox uses 68 and
- 2890, which only gives 196558 sectors, the MS-DOS mountfile uses 1 and
- 196607 which is OK unless you want to format the disk (see above).
- Surely the best values are 64 and 3071, or am I missing something?
-
- > : Highcyl = 196608
- > ^^^^^^ change this to 196607 and you should be ok.
- > (the zip has 196608 scetors total, numbered from
- > 0 to 196607)
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