Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!shelby!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!uc!shamash!jeff
From: jeff@u02.svl.cdc.com (Jeff Needham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips
Subject: Wren VII formatting
Message-ID: <29752@shamash.cdc.com>
Date: 10 Jan 91 02:22:20 GMT
Sender: usenet@shamash.cdc.com
Lines: 19


I found out what is in the difference between 1.2 and 985 for
Wren VIIs.  Incidentally, there is some Byte issue that he
read a couple of years ago that was more detailed.

Most of the space is used up by the factory flaw map, the 
label and sector checksums.  Two spare cylinders are reserved.
I think these are reserved so a link can be made to them if Cyl 0 bites it.
He (my source) had a feeling this had been increased to 4 or so
with the version of format that comes with EPIX 1.3.1/RISCos 4.52.

later,jeff


--
Disclaimer -- Waiting for the Oracle port to the Prophet-5
| Jeff Needham
| Oracle Performance Group
| Control Data - Santa Clara, CA - INTERNET jeff@hawk.svl.cdc.com