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From: heiser@tdw201.ed.ray.com
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: CDC WREN IV is Lying!!!
Message-ID: <2162@sud509.ed.ray.com>
Date: 20 Aug 90 17:25:43 GMT
References: <1195@carol.fwi.uva.nl> <2927@mrsvr.UUCP>
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In article <2927@mrsvr.UUCP> wiess@mrsvr.UUCP (Dan Wiesenstien) writes:
>From article <1195@carol.fwi.uva.nl>, by dolf@fwi.uva.nl (Dolf Starreveld):
>>>I just brought a CDC WREN IV Model Number 94171-307  ( 8-).
>>>The disk drive has 320 MB of disk space.
>> 
>This is an older (several months) drive - the '307' on this drive is its
>formatted capacity using 1024 byte blocks.  The new drives (which are
>physically identical) have the part number 94171-350.  The '350' is the
>unformatted capacity.  Seagate decided to have the part numbers reflect
>the unformatted capacity, so there have been a few part numbers change.
>

Hi,

I have one of the "307" models -- and would like to know how to make the 
*formatted capacity* 307mb.  When I formatted it using the bios format
routine on my Adaptec 1542b, it formatted it to 289MB.  How does one
change the format to format with "1024byte blocks?"  (is this desirable?)
I'm using the drive to run Unix (Esix), and the space is actually down
to 266 mb or so after the Unix format runs.

When I ran the format, the only question it asked me was what interleave
to use (I used zero).

Thanks for any help I can get on this.  I have to do a re-install of the
OS anyway, so this would be a good time to make a change (if I can / or
if I should).

Bill


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