Hello all
The format.dat entry that I will try is as follows:
(as sent by russ@issi.com)
>This is a list that Micropolis faxed me when I needed a
>format.dat entry for a 1598-15 drive:
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>The following table represents the parameters to be entered
>into the FORMAT.DAT file on SUN workstations for the newest
>Micropolis drives.
Parameter 1528 1548 1598 1624 1908
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CTLR MD21 MD21 MD21 MD21 MD21
NCYL 2102 1701 1931 1647 1890
ACYL 3 3 3 3 3
PCYL 2100 2112 1928 2112 2112
NHEAD 15 15 15 7 15
NSECT 83 131 70 114 95
RPM 3600 3600 3600 3600 5400
BPT 42496 79218 41664 67900 56241
TRKS_ZONE 15 15 15 7 15
FMT_TIME 5 6 4 4 5
ATRKS 45 45 45 21 45
ASECT 8 8 8 4 8
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disk_type = "Micropolis 1528-15" \
: ctlr = MD21 \
: trks_zone = 15 : asect = 8 : atrks = 45 \
: ncyl = 2102 : acyl = 3 : pcyl = 2100 : nhead = 15 :nsect = 83 \
: rpm = 3600 : bpt = 42496
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Thanks to all who replied:
<bb@math.ufl.edu> Brian Bartholomew -- who sent copies of 4 tables
(none containing this drive); the respective tables are maintained by
Jeff Nieusma <nieusma@boulder.colorado.edu>, "somewhere" on
ftp.utexas.edu, George Neville-Neil <gnn@cs.berkeley.edu> and Brian
Bartholomew from sun-managers traffic .
jag@OTRA.com (jeff goldfarb)
russ@issi.com (Russ Walsh)
carlyle!fabrice@uu.psi.com (Fabrice Guerini)
rwolf@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca (Robert J Wolf)
art@boris.math.nps.navy.mil (Art Schoenstadt)
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