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From: jdow@gryphon.COM (J. Dow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: URGENT hard disk questions.
Summary: 817 by (26 by 6 -1)
Message-ID: <9800@gryphon.COM>
Date: 19 Dec 88 08:18:56 GMT
References: <3885@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: jdow@gryphon.COM (J. Dow)
Organization: Wizardess Designs, Hermosa Beach, Ca.
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In article <3885@pt.cs.cmu.edu> mjw@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Witbrock) writes:
>Could some one tell me what the appropriate Blocks per track and Surfaces and 
>Interleave numbers are for a ST277N SCSI drive.
>
>and for an st157N SCSI drive.
>
>AND...
>
>what does it mean when it says, halfway through a format,
>"format failed, can't open device."  (which is patently untrue, since it 
>already has to format the other tracks on the partition), and why should this 
>happen at different cylinders at different trys.)
>
>PLEASE, I need to know this stuff as soon as possible.
>
Email from here ain't reliable so ...

817 cylinders. THere are 26 sectors per track and 6 heads per 
cylinder. But one sector per cylinder is reserved so it is 
best to tell AmigaDOS that you have one surface and 155 blocks
per track and 817 as highcyl for the last partition.



-- 
Sometimes a bird in the hand leaves a sticky deposit.
Perhaps it were best it remain there in the bush with the other one.

{@_@}
	jdow@bix (where else?)		Sometimes the dragon wins. Sometimes
	jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM		the knight. Does the fair maiden ever
	{backbone}!gryphon!jdow		win? Surely both the knight and dragon
					stink. Maybe the maiden should suicide?
					Better yet - she should get an Amiga and
					quit playing with dragons and knights.