Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!seismo!rochester!ur-tut!ur-valhalla!micropen!dave From: dave@micropen.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Disk name -> disk charactistic table request Message-ID: <161@micropen> Date: Tue, 3-Mar-87 12:34:43 EST Article-I.D.: micropen.161 Posted: Tue Mar 3 12:34:43 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 5-Mar-87 22:05:00 EST Organization: Micropen Direct Writing Systems, Pittsford, NY Lines: 18 Keywords: bios level characteristics Does any have a listing of popular drives that go into IBM PC AT-type boxes with the information regarding cylinders, heads, parking and precomp as required by various setup programs. I would like to have such a list for reference and for picking up drives that match characteristics I require. Any help or partial lists would be appreciated and a compiled list will be posted if sufficient response is elicited. Example: type cyl heads precomp park ST4051 (Seagate Technology) 977 5 -1 -1 dave -- David F. Carlson, Micropen, Inc. ...!{seismo}!rochester!ur-valhalla!micropen!dave "The faster I go, the behinder I get." --Lewis Carroll