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From: ken@tyd1.tydfam.iijnet.or.jp (ken)
Subject: Re: Q) Seagate geometry
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In-Reply-To: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de's message of 14 Sep 1995 12:22:55 +0200
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 14:48:18 GMT
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j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:
> You don't need the disk geometry, you need the geometry your BIOS
> assumes the disk were. For Adaptec, this is N * 32 * 64, with N being
> the actual number of full megabytes (2^20 bytes) the disk has.
Thank you for your response, J"org. However, my Buslogic BT-946C
doesn't work that way. Even giving correct geometry, 2707/19/81, it
complains. Is it specific problem (bug?) with BT-946C?
ken@tydfam.iijnet.or.jp
PED00213@niftyserve.or.jp
Takeshi "Ken" Yamada