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From: jonas@lkbpyr.UUCP (Jonas Heyman)
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Subject: question - cylinder/heads/sectors/track/blocks
Message-ID: <100@lkbpyr.UUCP>
Date: 14 Sep 89 19:10:18 GMT
Organization: Pharmacia LKB Biotechnology, Uppsala  SWEDEN.
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Hello,

I was wondering how unix disks works,
how does a disk look like when it has:

		823 cyl
		19 heads
		9 sectors

Could anybody tell me how all this fits together: cylinder,heads,sectors,
							block,track.
And explain each of them separate.

Sincerely Jonas

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