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From: feustel@netcom.COM (David Feustel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: What is the capacity of Conner CP-30104
Message-ID: <1991Jun23.132924.19243@netcom.COM>
Date: 23 Jun 91 13:29:24 GMT
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xxx@emx.utexas.edu (V Menayang) writes:

>I just bought a Conner hard disk (Hopi series, Model CP-30104).
>According to the vendor the hard disk capacity is 120MB.
>But DOS chkdsk command only reports "119332864 bytes total 
>disk space" which, I believe, comes down to only about 116MB.
>The vendor set the disk in the CMOS as Type 47 (User type), 
>with Cylinders: 917, Heads: 15 Heads, Sectors: 17, and Size: 114MB.

From the Connor Spec Sheet:
Heads 4
Sectors per track 39
tracks per surface 1522
Note that the Conner drives will accept any parameters and map them
to the actual disk layout.

>My questions is: does the vendor set the hard disk to the wrong
>specifications?  If yes,  what would be the correct specifications
>to enter in the CMOS setup?

>I would really appreciate any help on this.

>Victor Menayang
>victor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
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