Thanks to All...
The original post :
> I hope this question has a simple answer. Could someone send me
> a FORMAT.DAT entry for a Wren 8?
>
> This may prove useful:
>
> Disk type : sd3: Vendor 'SEAGATE', product 'ST41650', 2766300 512 byte blocks
>
> I remember something about a definitive FORMAT.DAT list someone
> wanted to compile. Did this happen? If so, how does one go about
> getting a copy?
>
> Thanks in advance. Happy New Year to all...
Basically, Mike Raffety <miker@sbcoc.com> sums it up best so here is a copy
of his response. Remember this when you are dealing with SCSI.
] Just pick any old combination of cylinders, tracks/cylinder, and
] sectors/track that multiply out to 2766300 ... SCSI doesn't care
] what the particulars are. /usr/games/factor is good for this.
The values that I am using come from Steve Campos at Highland(sp) Digital.
I don't have an E-Mail address for him. He actually called me with the
format.dat entry and gave me a quick tutorial on SCSI disks. I would
really like to thank him for that.
Here is the entry (along with some stats) :
disk_type = "Highland SEAGATE Wren 8 ST41650N" \
: ctlr = MD21 : fmt_time = 5 \
: cache = 0x11 : trks_zone = 15 : asect = 5 : atrks = 30 \
: ncyl = 1770 : acyl = 2 : pcyl = 1772 : nhead = 15 : nsect = 104 \
: rpm = 3600 : bpt = 54900
#dkinfo sd2
sd2: Emulex MD21 controller at addr f8800000, unit # 16
1770 cylinders 15 heads 104 sectors/track
c: 2761200 sectors (1770 cyls)
starting cylinder 0
#df /mnt
Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/sd2c 1297110 9 1167390 0% /mnt
Thanks to all who responded.
From: Brian Bartholomew <bb@math.ufl.edu>
[ NB. Brian has been attempting to maintain a format.dat database. ]
{ PS. Brian, let me run this one for a week or two before you add it
to the table.
I'll get back to you. --nicky }
From: Mark Prior <mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au>
From: Claude Charest <charest@CANR.Hydro.Qc.CA>
From: Donald McLachlan <don@mars.dgrc.doc.ca>
From: Robert J Wolf <rwolf@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca>
From: "Mark S. Anderson" <anderson@neon.mitre.org>
From: "Donny E. Closson" <spudnut!donny@uu2.psi.com>
From: Mike Raffety <miker@sbcoc.com>
THANKS AGAIN, EVERYONE !!!
Nicky
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