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From: schoi@rodan.acs.syr.edu (S. Choi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Cylinder mapping ?
Summary: Please, please.
Message-ID: <1991Mar1.183252.9091@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 1 Mar 91 18:32:52 GMT
References: <1991Feb28.185800.10299@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
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Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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In article <1991Feb28.185800.10299@rodan.acs.syr.edu> schoi@rodan.acs.syr.edu (S. Choi) writes:
>
>  I have a RLL hard drive which has more than 1024 cylinders. I've heard
>  that there is a controller that uses special mapping so that I can 
>  map more heads and less cylinders.
>
>  Could anybody tell me which controller can do this mapping ?
>
>  Apparently my controller (OEM version of WD1006-SR2) cannot do
>  this mapping function.
>
>  If I mapped those extra cylinders to ghost heads, then will SpinRite or 
>  Norton Disk Doctor run flawlessly ?
>
>   Thanks.
>
>   Seokrim Choi      schoi@rodan.acs.syr.edu   -or-  dosa@cat.syr.edu
>

   Dead silence.  Could any very kind soul answer this one ?  Please.