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- From: grant@bluemoon.rn.com (Grant DeLorean)
- Subject: Re: Best format(1) configuration for a Wren VII (ST41200N)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.144817.21352@bluemoon.rn.com>
- Keywords: ST41200N SUNOS4.1.1 Seagate WREN-VII
- Organization: Blue Moon
- References: <1992Jul25.183414.21737@i88.isc.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 14:48:17 GMT
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- sadler@i88.isc.com (Jon Sadler) writes:
-
- >A friend is about to connect a Seagate Wren VII (ST41200N) to his system
- >(running SUNOS 4.1.1), and we are wondering what parameters are best to
- >use when formatting the drive. The data sheet for the drive mentions that
- >the drive has an unformatted capacity of 1.2GB, a block size of 512 bytes,
- >1931 cylinders, and 15 heads.
-
- I have one on my 4/75 now. The data sheet is wrong about the average
- number of sectors per track though. The sheet says 71, but if you use
- that you will watch the errors stream by while format is finishing up
- on the drive. Use 70 sectors per track. There is an entry in format.dat
- for it, but for some reason it is wrong too (80 sectors per track, and
- it leaves over 200 cylinders unused when only the last two must be left
- alone).
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