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From: ecr@cipric.mn.org (Edward C. Regal)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: CDC WREN IV is Lying!!!
Summary: It's lying to me!!!
Keywords: scsi, wren
Message-ID: <353@cipric.mn.org>
Date: 16 Aug 90 16:42:53 GMT
References: <2001@lzga.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: ecr@cipric.mn.org (Edward C. Regal)
Organization: Ciprico, Inc.  Plymouth, MN  55441
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In article <2001@lzga.ATT.COM> apb@lzga.ATT.COM (Amrit Bains) writes:
>I just brought a CDC WREN IV Model Number 94171-307  ( 8-).
>The disk drive has 320 MB of disk space.
>when I added it to my system it showed only 286 MB  ( 8-( ).

Sounds like the old lying drive trick to me ...(:-

Actually sounds like the difference between an unformatted and a 
formatted drive.

Ed