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From: berger@clio.Uiuc.ARPA
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Subject: Re: 40 Meg hard drive in pc/AT, HELP!
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Date: Wed, 1-Oct-86 17:04:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  1 17:04:00 1986
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Nf-From: clio.Uiuc.ARPA!berger    Oct  1 16:04:00 1986


The problem here is that the drive parameters are in ROM on the
disk controller board, and you're limited to the specific drives
that were anticipated by the controller manufacturer.  The Golden
Bow roms add additional drive parameter tables and possibly (I
have no way to verify this) the code to let the disk controller
read the drive parameters from the first sector of the disk
(thus the need to use the special Golden Bow device driver).
Some disk controller firmware, such as the Adaptec 2070, has
this feature built-in.