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From: wind@cellar.bae.bellcore.com (Wind Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: RLL disk formatting problem.
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Date: 7 Sep 90 04:27:55 GMT
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If your disk controller is "AT controller", you can NOT use it to support RLL
type disk.  26 sectors are known by controller, not the CMOS.  Without a RLL
controller, you can only get 20MB out of it.

There were people use RLL controller + ST225 and get 30MB capacity.  The track
is on controller.
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