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From: ntj@cbnewsk.ATT.COM (najmi.jarwala)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Help! - Installing ST4096 on 3B1...
Keywords: ST4096, Drive Parameters
Message-ID: <1846@cbnewsk.ATT.COM>
Date: 14 Jan 90 16:31:28 GMT
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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Could some one please mail me the following parameters for the 
ST4096:

Number of tracks per cylinder: (This I presume is same as number of
heads. 8 before P5.1 upgrade, 9 after P5.1 upgrade. Right???)

Number of sectors per track: ?????

Before proceeding with the P5.1 upgrade (Thanks Brian!) I wanted to
make sure that the ST4096 that I plan to use was alive. I tried to 
initialize and format it using the 64M (1024 cyl, 8 heads) miniscribe 
definition, (option 9 in Brian's extended diagnostic disk) and before
formatting it gave the error message:

"Hard disk restore failed"

and then proceeded to format anyway with the message:

"formatting cylinder nnn"

at the end of which it gave the error message:

Test: Hard disk test (Drive 0)
Subtest: Format
Error: WINCHESTER: Can't write the new VHB: Response = 10

My assumption is that I'm not formatting it with the right
parameters, or do these messages spell more trouble than that?
Thanks for your help.

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Najmi Jarwala
jarwala@ohm.att.com