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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!david
From: david@mlb.geomechanics.csiro.au (David Le Blanc)
Subject: Re: 386BSD - Seems to stop my disks from booting...
Message-ID: <david.716440583@mlb.geomechanics.csiro.au>
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References: <kjb.716286770@godzilla.cgl.citri.edu.au> <9209139363@zone4.ocunix.on.ca>
Date: 14 Sep 92 03:16:23 GMT
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andrew@zone4.ocunix.on.ca (Andrew Low) writes:
>In article <kjb.716286770@godzilla.cgl.citri.edu.au> 
>kjb@cgl.citri.edu.au (Kendall Bennett) writes:
>>120M Western Digitial 2120 hard disks (WDC AC2120M). 

>IDE drives *should* be used in their native geometry, this often means
>... That and find out the native geometry of
>your IDE drive, it might make all the difference in the world.


I have a WD 120M 'WDC 2120' (It has the large 'Caviar' label on it.

The geometry I use is type 47..

Heads 8, sectors 35, cyl 872

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