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From: ncoverby@ndsuvax.UUCP (Glen Overby)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: a solution to the xt_wini RRL disk drive problem
Summary: Adaptec is a bit different
Keywords: disk drive RRL XT_WINI
Message-ID: <1748@ndsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 8 Nov 88 16:48:46 GMT
References: <803@nosc.NOSC.MIL>
Reply-To: ncoverby@ndsuvax.UUCP (Glen Overby)
Organization: Silo Tech, Fargo ND, USA
Lines: 14


In article <803@nosc.NOSC.MIL> hall@nosc.NOSC.MIL (Robert R. Hall) writes:
>I now have the MINIX xt_wini driver working with my RRL disk drive.
>I am using the seagate ST2238 disk with Western WD-27x controller.

>--- 73,79 -----
>
>  /* Parameters for the disk drive. */
>  #define SECTOR_SIZE   512    /* physical sector size in bytes */
>! #define NR_SECTORS     26    /* number of sectors per track */

Caveat:

If you have an Adaptec RLL controler, this should be 25 because the
controler apparently uses one sector per track for bad-block mapping
(yes, one sector per track does seem a bit excessive, but that appears
to be the way they're doing it!)