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- From: jbk4@email.psu.edu (The Prophet)
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- Subject: Re: Zip Drive Geometry
- Date: 6 Mar 1996 01:18:54 GMT
- Organization: Cybernetic_Expressions
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- In article <1181.6638T994T2905@xmission.com> jsburger@xmission.com (John S. Burger) writes:
- >
- > On or about 04-Mar-96 22:25:33 Tom Denbo typed the following words about "Re:
- > Zip Drive Geometry". My reply is thus...
- >
- > Hi Tom,
- >
- >
- > TD> Tom Kennedy (tomk@fc.hp.com) wrote:
- > TD>: David Evans (devans@ccubb.com) wrote:
- > TD>: : Does anyone know the geometry of a ZIP disc? I seem to have the wron
- > TD>: : and format doesn't work...
- >
- > TD>: It's got 196608 sectors. You can pick any geometry that has that
- > TD>: number of sectors. (I use 8 sec/track, 2 heads, 12288 tracks.)
- >
- > TD> Doesn't 2 heads effectively create 2 partitions? What if we prefer 1
- > TD> partition?
- >
- > No
- >
- >
-
- Could someone explain all the various options contained in a mountlist?
- For example, what's the difference between 1, 2, 4, etc heads when you
- define your mountlist? Is there an advantage to more or fewer?
-
- Thanx,
-
- Jaeson K.
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