This looks like a good list to keep/pass around for those format.dat FAQ's.
I think the vlaues for the Fujitsu M2266SA should be changed though.
Now The technical handbook (FS810125-01...B) lists
Number of cylinders 1658 + 1 + 2
(user + CE + SA) (*2)
*2 The number of user cylinders indicates the maximum and includes the
alternate cylinder. The number of user cylinders and alternate
cylinders can be specified during formatting.
We chose to have 2 alternate cylinders and so formatted with cyl = 2, alt = 2.
The manual also shows
Unformatted Capacity / Track 50910 Bytes
(*1)
*1 The formatted capacity can be changed by changing the logical
block length and using spare sector space.
Not knowing how much space should be left for inter-record gaps etc we
set this to 84 (which our vendor recommends). What should this be?
Based on the above info I think the entry should read ...
Fujitsu SCSI 2266SA 1656 1661 15 84 3600
Trying to squeeze out every last byte ... Don
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