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From: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Formatting HD > 1024 cyl
Message-ID: <7131@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 19 Mar 90 00:13:52 GMT
References: <1182@dutrun.UUCP> <17720@oregon.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
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In article <1182@dutrun.UUCP>, vlrugvg@dutrun.UUCP (Ge van Geldorp) writes:
> 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. 

Western Digital's "WDFMT" will format more than 1024 cylinders; but
I'm not familiar with the WD1006-MM2 to know whether _it_ will got
beyond that limit.

WDFMT is available from Western Digital's BBS or from the SIMTEL20
archives.

kEITHe