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From: thad@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hard Disk Problems
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Date: 27 May 88 09:23:47 GMT
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From the Seagate manual for the ST238R, the drive has 4 heads, 615
cylinders, and 2 disks.

Probably C.Ltd wanted to be conservative, permitting 5 cylinders for
use containing alternate sectors (mapped out from lower-numbered cyls).