Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.hardware:7781 comp.sys.amiga.audio:484 Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.audio Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!hybrid!scifi!bywater!arnor!barn!sck From: sck@watson.ibm.com (Scott C. Kennedy) Subject: Re: Query: M.A.S.T., Fujitsu, Large capacity disk drives, DATs Message-ID: <1991Mar31.023839.15546@watson.ibm.com> Followup-To: sck@watson.ibm.com Sender: sck@watson.ibm.com Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, NY References: <1991Mar8.085326.27349@evax.arl.utexas.edu> <20120@cbmvax.commodore.com> <40684@cup.portal.com> Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1991 02:38:39 GMT Dana, Although I'm not from Commodore I have taken several X-Lrg capacity drives homes, and formatted them on the Amiga. I currently have several 300 MB partitions on a 1.6 GB drive, and have had no problems. Note: I am using a 2091 (great job guys!) and the drives are Seagte Elite ST1600N. As a side point, when I asked what a good partition size was for the Amiga, I was told by several people that 50-70 MB is optimal, though I have not seen any speed differences due to partition size, except for having the Amiga draw 96 disk icons on boot. ( I have had 3 of these monsters on my Amy at once, but my management made me stop :( ) Currently, I am using my Amiga to diagnose possibly defective drives for the Unix boxes here @ research because it is the most forgiving and user-friendly scsi machines that I have at my disposal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scott C. Kennedy (sck@watson.ibm.com) | "All we are saying ... Distributed High Performance Computing | is give peace a chance..." I.B.M. Thomas J. Watson Research Facility | John Lennon - Dec. 8, 1980 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scott C. Kennedy (sck@watson.ibm.com) | "All we are saying ... Distributed High Performance Computing | is give peace a chance..." I.B.M. Thomas J. Watson Research Facility | John Lennon - Dec. 8, 1980 ------------------------------------------------------------------------