There were 9 responses to the enquiry including one asking for a summary.
The format.dat entries they provided were not exactly the same, but should
be workable. I used the one provided by dick@netcom.com shown below:
# From: dick@netcom.com (Richard Arnold)
#
disk_type = "Seagate ST12400N 2.4GB" \
: ctlr = MD21 : fmt_time = 4 \
: cache = 0x0 : trks_zone = 19 : asect = 1 : atrks = 0 \
: ncyl = 2668 : acyl = 2 : pcyl = 2621 : nhead = 19 : nsect = 82 \
: rpm = 5411 : bpt = 41984
partition = "Seagate ST12400N 2.4GB" \
: disk = "Seagate ST12400N 2.4GB" : ctlr = MD21 \
: a = 0, 32718 : b =21, 65436 : c = 0, 4156744 : g = 63, 4058590
runde@mms.com (Aline H. Runde - MicroModule Systems) sent me a "Master
Sun format.dat" posted on comp.sys.sun.admin. It was long (about 1600
lines) so I do not included here. If anyone interested in getting a
copy of it, please send me a email directly.
Thanks to the following people:
Tom Reingold <tommy@big.att.com>
"Garrett, Thom" <tgarrett@dsrnet.com>
runde@mms.com (Aline H. Runde - MicroModule Systems)
jdd@cdf.toronto.edu (John DiMarco)
ljm@halsp.hitachi.com (Larry J. Miller)
Lloyd C. Cha <lccha@nb.rockwell.com>
gdonl@gv.ssi1.com (Don Lewis)
MArtin Achilli <ACHILLM@IMIHSRA.BITNET>
bwalker@antares.com (Brad Walker)
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Department of Computer Science Tel : (+852) 859 2187
The University of Hong Kong Fax : (+852) 559 8447
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