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From: alanlb@csgrad.cs.vt.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: UFS filesystems on SCSI disks
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Date: 18 Jun 91 17:14:56 GMT
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Reply-To: alanlb@csgrad.cs.vt.edu (Alan L. Batongbacal)
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Hi there!  I'm trying to create UFS file systems on a SCSI disk and
have been wondering what to specify for the number of tracks/cylinder.
My mkfs defaults to 9, but the value can go from 1-16.  Logically,
my SCSI disk has 1284 tracks and 1 head (Seagate 1280N).  Should I
specify 1 track/cylinder, or say whatever it takes to avoid getting
unallocated sectors (BTW, I told rdb the disk has 64 sectors/track)?
Thanks!

-alan l. batongbacal
-alanlb@csgrad.cs.vt.edu