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- From: jern@visual1.jhuapl.edu (Bob Jernigan)
- Subject: HD Problems, what I had missed...
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.120050.4107@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
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- Reply-To: jern@visual1.jhuapl.edu (Bob Jernigan)
- Organization: Johns Hopkins Univ. APL
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 12:00:50 GMT
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- Thanks to the many who replied to my previous post obout geometry on the
- Maxtor 7120 drive. What I has missed was the obvious. Use FDISK after
- setting the geometry.
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- I received a lot of responses with many suggestions about different geometries.
- If anyone would like a copy, drop me a line. Perhaps a summary belongs in the
- FAQ.
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- What I didn't receive and would like for completeness is a discription of the
- algorithm used by IDE drives to may from a logical geometry to the physical
- geometry. If someone would forward that to me or tell me where to find it I
- will include that in the file.
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- Thanks again to all.
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- bob jernigan jern@spaceaix.jhuapl.edu or jern@visual1.jhuapl.edu
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