Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpfcso!hpfcdj!kinsell From: kinsell@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Dave Kinsell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: third-party disks Message-ID: <17330029@hpfcdj.HP.COM> Date: 23 Feb 91 21:07:28 GMT References: <1991Feb18.165001@siihp1.epfl.ch> Organization: Hewlett Packard -- Fort Collins, CO Lines: 19 >Does anybody has already installed an 1.2 GB Wren VII disk from >seagate, and can give me the corresponding disktab entry. I believe the Wren VII is one of those variable-geometry disks, which means you can't describe the geometry correctly. The good news is that it really doesn't matter. Just make up some reasonable geometry (like 32K/track and 16 track/cyl), and set the number of cylinders to give something less than the capacity reported by diskinfo. The difference between the formatted capacity and the ns*nt*nc product is what's available for swap. If you run into a disk bigger than 1 gig formatted, don't try using a file system bigger than 1 gig on 7.0 for Series 300/400. The Wren VII is just under a gig formatted. Regards Dave Kinsell "a disclaimer goes here" Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com