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From: edward@engr.uky.edu (Edward C. Bennett)
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Subject: Re: 3 1/2" on the 7300
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Date: 9 Jun 88 14:57:40 GMT
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In article <213@toylnd.UUCP> dca@toylnd.UUCP (David C. Albrecht) writes:
]I wondered if the 7300 >could take a 3 1/2" drive...
]
]Stress test time.  Formatted it like a 5 1/4", no problem.  Copied an FD entry
]from /usr/lib/iv and doubled the number of cylinders, formatted again no
]problem.  Mounted it and copied files till it was full, then tried to use some
]of the last copied files, no problem.

Yes, but how much data could you put on the 3.5" disks? Unless it's
substantially more than what we get on 5.25" disk (360K?), this
whole conversion is little more than a novelty.
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