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From: rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Maxtor XT-2190 harddisk with RLL?
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Date: 10 Oct 90 13:37:11 GMT
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In article <15888@shlump.nac.dec.com> wales@gidday.enet.dec.com (David Wales) writes:
>rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel) writes...
(that was me)
>Does anyone use a Maxtor XT-2190 harddisk with an RLL controller?
>
>As you've already got the controller go for it - it's the cheapest extra 80MB
>you'll ever get!

I formatted the disk and it works for to days now, lets see how long it
will do so, I think when it runs for about two weeks with no errors,
then it is ok.

But another question. The disk has 1224 cylinders. Currently I can use
only 1024 of them because I have to rely on standard PC formatting and
partitioning software. I initialized it with the controller's BIOS, but
it does not provide for more than 1024 cylinders or am I wrong? At
least, there is no predefined type with more than 1024 cylinders. I use
OS/2 and DOS with Windows and cannot use Ontrack Diskmanager, for
example, with OS/2 and Windows 3.0. I thought then that it could be
good to create a Ontrack DM partition on the extra 200 cylinders and
"mount" it when needed as extra temp space for plain DOS. But the only
DM I have is that which came with my Seagate 4096 disk and that one is
fixed to Seagate disk types. The I tried a friend's SpeedStore. This
software seems to know disks with more than 1024 cylinders. It even
knows the Maxtor XT-2190 disk directly. Because of the RLL controller I
defined a use-type with 1224/15/26/no-precomp but SpeedStore formatted
only cylinders 0-1024. Is there any way to format and use the extra 200
cylinders?

Thanks in advance
Kai Uwe Rommel

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