Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ukma!psuvax1!rutgers!kb2ear!overlf!emanuele From: emanuele@overlf.UUCP (Mark A. Emanuele) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Does ESIX still not support RLL? Summary: SCO Supports It Message-ID: <78@overlf.UUCP> Date: 26 Apr 91 23:19:04 GMT References: <1991Apr21.155642.1586@shambala.uucp> <513@pyrite.nj.pyramid.com> Organization: Overleaf Systems, Inc. Fords, NJ Lines: 35 In article <513@pyrite.nj.pyramid.com>, bill@pyrite.nj.pyramid.com (Bill Pechter) writes: > In article <3080@cirrusl.UUCP> Rahul Dhesi writes: > > > >How can ESIX even know whether the controller uses RLL? How can > >anybody find this out without ripping the disk apart and analyzing the > >bit-patterns stored on the platter? > > If there's more than the standard number of MFM sectors per track -- you lose. > RLL does 25, ERLL (Perstor) does 31... So if the driver expects 1-17 only... > you may not see your full disk sizes (at best). > For all it's bad points, SCO DOES support all kinds of ODD Hard disks. That's one of the reasons I still use it. - -- Mark A. Emanuele V.P. Engineering Overleaf, Inc. 218 Summit Ave Fords, NJ 08863 (908) 738-8486 emanuele@overlf.UUCP