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From: rickf@pnet02.gryphon.com (Rick Flower)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Problems with Maxtor drives (merged threads)
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Date: 22 Nov 89 04:00:20 GMT
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olson@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Todd Olson) writes:
>Sorry, but I can't reply via Private amil, so I will ask the question here
>I also have a Maxtor 3280 (aquired it last week) and need the info to hook
>it up to my Kronos controller and get it formatted.
>      1.  How many blocks per track?
                24 Blocks per Track..
 
>      2.  How many surfaces?
                15 Surfaces..

>      3.  And finally how many cylinders?
                1224 Cylinders Total..
>
>Thanx in advance,
>olson@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.ed
>
>I would also appreciate a copy of someone with a 3280 mountlist.
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*-                        MountLists for V1.3                            -*/
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*- Define the Reserved Portions of the Various Physical Hard Drives -*/ 
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
RES3:   Device = hddisk.device
        Priority = 10
        Unit   = 4                              /*- 2nd SCSI Drive -*/
        Flags  = 0
        Surfaces = 15
        BlocksPerTrack = 24
        Reserved = 2
        Interleave = 0
        LowCyl = 0 
        HighCyl = 1
        Buffers = 1
        BufMemType = 0
#
 
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*- Define a Hard Drive Partition for the Maxtor XT3280 SCSI Hard Drive -*/
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FS2:    Device = hddisk.device
        FileSystem = L:FastFileSystem
        Priority = 10
        Unit   = 4
        Flags = 0
        Surfaces = 15
        BlocksPerTrack = 24
        Reserved = 2
        PreAlloc =0
        Interleave = 0
        LowCyl = 2
        HighCyl = 1223
        StackSize = 4000
        Buffers = 30
        BufMemType = 0
        Mount = 1
        GlobVec = 1
        DosType = 0x444F5301
#

--------------------------------

What I did was just Prep the RES3: portion (which did the entire drive -- at
least that's what it sounded like!) and then just reboot the system and format
FS2:

P.S. You might need to change the device number.. I've got my system set to
SCSI Device #2... 

Hope that helps!

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