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From: austin@skorpio.USask.Ca (Alvin Austin)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Seagate ST-01 Host Adaptor & Large Disks
Keywords: scsi seagate st-01
Message-ID: <1991Mar15.064623.19327@amd.com>
Date: 15 Mar 91 06:46:23 GMT
References: <1991Mar13.155159.17844@herald.usask.ca>
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In article <1991Mar13.155159.17844@herald.usask.ca> austin@skorpio.USask.Ca (Alvin Austin) writes:
>Does anyone have a software driver or other solution for using
>the Seagate ST-01 Host Adaptor with a large disk (more than 1024
>cylinders) and MS-DOS?
>
>The firmware on this board does not map the drive geometry to
>something that DOS can cope with, and so any cylinders > 1024 are
>not accessible.


My ST-02 formatted a 135Meg drive to 1024 cylinders,5 heads and 53 sectors. I
would be very surprised if that was the real geometry (except for the number
of heads). Maybe a newer BIOS for the ST-01 would help.

Mike Ching