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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: hard disk flaw problems
Message-ID: <2859@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 07:34:46 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2859
Posted: Wed Nov 25 07:34:46 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Nov-87 17:39:29 EST
References: <1884@cadovax.UUCP> <2605@masscomp.UUCP> <1888@cadovax.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 22
Keywords: hard disk format flaws

In article <1888@cadovax.UUCP> kaz@cadovax.UUCP (Kerry Zimmerman) writes:
> In article <2605@masscomp.UUCP> rad@masscomp.UUCP (Bob Doolittle) writes:
> >In article <1884@cadovax.UUCP> kaz@cadovax.UUCP (Kerry Zimmerman) writes:
> >
> >I have heard from my local service rep that you can't tell the 2090
> >about a disk with greater than 50Mb capacity :-(.  
> >
> 
> Is this TRUE???  There is no documented limitation of 50Mb I have heard
> or read about.  Could someone at Commodore please confirm or deny this?

The current filesystem limitations are 56 MB per >>>> PARTITION <<<<
and the A2090 controller supports drives with up to 8 heads.  The first
item establishs an implicit limitation of file size, the second excludes
some of the previouly exotic 16-head drives that are finally showing up
in retail/surplus channels.  You should still be able to use them with
in SCSI flavor or with a SCSI adaptor.

-- 
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