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From: rfutscher@pbs.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: RLL, sector remapping, and 1024 cylinders
Message-ID: <10287.270b30fc@pbs.org>
Date: 4 Oct 90 16:54:19 GMT
References: <3343@amc-gw.amc.com> <90274.223047RFM@psuvm.psu.edu>
Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA
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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.

One head is used as a servo head. This leaves an odd number of heads for data.