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- From: alexis@panix.com (Alexis Rosen)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
- Subject: Re: SUMMARY: disktab entry for Quantum LP240S
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.085039.22070@panix.com>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 08:50:39 GMT
- References: <1992Jul20.124257.1946@wl.com>
- Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
- Lines: 84
-
- duffiem@wl.com (Mark Duffield) writes:
- >Sorry that it's taken me so long to compile this. An interesting thing
- >happened as I assembled a disktab entry for the Quantum LP240S. I came up
- >with two different ones. The first entry I assembled with the help of HD
- >Toolkit as described in the FAQ. I was told that the number of tracks per
- >cylinder is actually the number of heads. Someone (Alexis Rosen I think) told
- >me that that drive spins at 4400rpm.
-
- Correct. Except that some utilities may include the head on the servo track.
- If the # of heads is odd, that's right. If it's even, subtract one. ...unless
- the drive uses embedded-servo. Or some other technology I don't know about.
-
- As for the RPM, it may be 4300 or 4800, but I not if I recall correctly- and
- it's definitely not 3600, the default.
-
- >The following is the disktab entry I put together:
-
- >LP240S|Quantum240:\
- > :ty=winchester:nc#1818:ns#87:nt#4:rm#4400:
-
- Well, I'm not sure about nt. I seem to recall that 4 is right. As for the
- others, I don't remember. The last time I saw a data sheet was months ago.
-
- >The second entry (and associated text) I received from a friend at Apple.
- >The text of the AppleLine message follows:
- >>
- >>The Quantum LP240S drive is the same mechanism used for the Apple 230MB drive.
- >>The following entries apply to both the Apple 230MB and the Apple 400MB drives.
- >>
- >># Quantum LP240S, Apple 230MB drive
- >>#
- >>LP240S|HD230SC:\
- >> :ty=winchester:ns=60:nt=4:nc=1930:
-
- This is much closer to correct. Even though I said I don't remember, simple
- math (use the formula I posted in the other article) tells me that your entry
- is too large by far. You should still use the rm#4400, though.
-
- >># Seagate ST1480, Apple 400MB drive
- >>#
- >>ST1480|HD400SC:\
- >> :ty=winchester:ns=54:nt=9:nc=1760:
-
- And this should use rm#4800.
-
- >>I should point out that the entries for the file /etc/disktab can be created
- >>from the drive specifications and that we do not have access to all the drives
- >>in the market.
-
- This is pretty safe.
-
- >>The customer should be able to request the following information from the
- >>vendor in order to create his own entries.
- >>
- >> Number of Heads = nt
- >> Number of Sectors/Track = ns
- >> Number of Cylinders/Disk = nc
-
- All correct.
-
- >So, now I have a problem. First, which one do I use? And second, why does
- >Apple's disktab entry differ from the one that I was able to assemble using HD
- >Toolkit. Not one parameter is the same (except for ty).
-
- Use theirs. I'd forgotten that they had a disktab entry for the 230. Yours is
- definitely wrong.
-
- >What I finally ended up doing (don't shoot me), was to backup up the files that
- >I needed and to reinitialize the drive with HDSetup. Since I had only gotten
- >A/UX up and running a week earlier, this was not a major task (only time
- >consuming). This will not allow the drive to perform as the vendor designed
- >it to, but it works. The story about why I wanted the disktab entry
- >in the first place is LONG, so I am going to spare you all the details.
- >Suffice it to say my drive works fine now.
-
- >I hope that someone can shed some light on why the two entries differ so much.
-
- Your utility is giving you incorrect info.
-
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