Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!uw!dnanian From: dnanian@uw.com (Dave Nanian) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Small executables (was Re: 16mb minimum for next machines) Message-ID: <1991May6.133912.3710@uw.com> Date: 6 May 91 13:39:12 GMT References: Sender: dnanian@uw.com Reply-To: dnanian@uw.com (Dave Nanian) Organization: UnderWare, Inc. Lines: 30 In article scott@nic.gac.edu (Scott Hess) writes: [text deleted] > Say that the cluster size is 8192 and the sector size is 512 (these > are both the default for NeXT-shipped NeXTs I think - though they > say they recommend 1024-byte sectors, I've yet to see one from > them that says that :-). Then, the basic unit of allocation > will be 8192, the cluster size. [text deleted] > Later, > -- > scott hess scott@gac.edu > Independent NeXT Developer GAC Undergrad > > "Simply press Control-right-Shift while click-dragging the mouse . . ." > "I smoke the nose Lucifer . . . Banana, banana." Not to get slightly off the subject, but the HP drive NeXT ships for the "660MB" drive doesn't seem to be able to be formatted with 1024-byte sectors, at least not with Rory Bolt's formatter_1.2 (up on Purdue). Something about the SCSI command not being supported. Is this just a matter of replacing a ROM, or are these HP drives really old? If you know what's going on, EMAIL and I'll summarize. Many thanks! --Dave Nanian, UnderWare, Inc. (dnanian@uw.com, uunet!uw!dnanian -- NeXT mail preferred)