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From: sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Can I Low Level Format my MFM drive with 17 < SECTORS < 26 ?
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Date: 15 Mar 91 01:28:40 GMT
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Reply-To: sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis)
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	I know that MFM normally uses 17 Sectors/Track and RLL uses 
26 Sectors/Track. But is there a fundamental reason I cannot low
level format my MFM drive to 20 Sectors/Track, say, in an attempt
to increase drive capacity? Does the MFM controller FORCE the
use of 17 S/T and the RLL controller 26 S/T or might they do whatever
they are told by the Low Level Formatter program?

Thanks.

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