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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Help with A2090 and SCSI disk
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Date: 2 Dec 89 14:46:22 GMT
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In <24665@cup.portal.com>, Rick_R_Kitts@cup.portal.com writes:
> Reduce the number of Surfaces to a maximum of 7. There is apparently a
>limitation (bug?) in DOS which causes it to gag on larger values. You
>will have to increase the BlocksPerTrack an appropriate value so you
>can use the entire disk. Remember, SCSI accepts only block numbers, so
>the driver will simply multiply the number of surfaces by the number
>of blocks per track to get the entire size of the disk.

I have run drives with 8 and 11 heads with no problem whatsoever, on both the
2090, and the 2090A. Currently I am running a 3.5" Maxtor LXT100 wirh 8
surfaces, and a Micropolis 1355 ESDI drive with 8 surfaces on the 2090A with
it's ROMs removed. No problems with either one.

-larry

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