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From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russell Poffenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: RLL, sector remapping, and 1024 cylinders
Message-ID: <1990Oct2.231741.3512@sj.ate.slb.com>
Date: 2 Oct 90 23:17:41 GMT
References: <3343@amc-gw.amc.com> <90274.223047RFM@psuvm.psu.edu>
Reply-To: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russell Poffenberger)
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In article <90274.223047RFM@psuvm.psu.edu> RFM@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>Five heads??? Seven heads????  I always thought heads can in EVEN multiples.
>Maybe you're confused because the first head is numbered zero. Try 6 or
>8, as the case may be.


Sure heads may be odd numbers. Many modern drives dedicate one head (surface)
for servo feedback positioning info, and is unavailable to the user.


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