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From: lee@gdc.portal.com (Seng-Poh Lee, Speedy)
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Subject: Formatting MFM driver with RLL controller. Reliable?
Keywords: MFM, RLL
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Date: 12 Mar 91 04:10:42 GMT
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Hi,
I know this can be done, I just want to know how reliable it is.

I'm talking about formatting an MFM drive with an RLL controller. I have
a very reliable Hitachi MFM drive that I want to format in RLL format (need
more disk space). I'd like to hear from people who have done this about
long term reliability. I want to be able to run Xenix 386 on this system. Does
anyone knows is Xenix supports RLL's 26 sector tracks?

Thanks

Seng-Poh Lee			lee@gdc.portal.com