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From: vlrugvg@dutrun.UUCP (Ge van Geldorp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Formatting HD > 1024 cyl
Keywords: Low-level format, HH 1090
Message-ID: <1182@dutrun.UUCP>
Date: 18 Mar 90 10:46:24 GMT
Reply-To: ge@dutlru2.tudelft.nl (Ge van Geldorp)
Organization: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
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I just got myself a Microscience HH 1090 harddisk. It is controlled by a
WD1006V-MM2, AT-compatible, MFM controller. No special software came
with either the drive or the controller.
The problem is that the harddisk has more than 1024 cylinders. I can't find a
utility to do a low-level format of a disk larger than 1024 cylinders.
I can tell my setup utility that the disk has 7 heads and 1024
cylinders, after that I can use lots of utilities to low-level format
the first 1024 cylinders. However, I wouldn't mind being able to access
the last 18 MB or so of my drive.
(BTW, I suppose DOS will have a problem accessing the cylinders > 1024,
but that doesn't bother me, that part of the disk will be used by
Xenix).


Ge van Geldorp
ge@dutlru2.tudelft.nl
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