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From: andrew@zone4.ocunix.on.ca (Andrew Low)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: IDE HARD WRITE ERRORS PLEASE HELP ME
Keywords: IDE ERRORS
Message-ID: <9208206970@zone4.ocunix.on.ca>
Date: 21 Aug 92 01:17:26 GMT
References: <colin.714197827@marsh>
Organization: Zone4
Lines: 21
In article <colin.714197827@marsh>
colin@marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au (Colin Manning) writes:
>wd0: MAXTOR 7040 AT (40MB IDE)
>wd1: MAXTOR 7040 AT (40MB IDE)
>1) wd1 has three areas that get hard write errors. What do I do?
You're IDE drives are 'pretending' to be a different geometry than
they really are. You'll have to dig up (ie: call someone who will
be able to get you the correct information) the native geometry of
your drives. It is best to also install the drive as a user defined
type in the CMOS setup (type 47 or 48). My IDE drives worked under
dos as 5heads 977cyl, they really were 4heads 782cyl.
Can't help with (2), I'm still confused about that. I reserved 5cyl
just in case - seems like it works.
These should both be FAQ's by now..
+/+\+/+\+/+chew carefully/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+
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"dreams are all that separate us from the machines"