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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!jmurray From: jmurray@cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu (John Murray) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Need geometry for ST-43400N disktab Date: 18 Jan 1996 14:35:29 GMT Organization: ACM Student Machine Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4dllrh$4d2@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <4dko97$au2@iii2.iii.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu In article <4dko97$au2@iii2.iii.net>, Craig Shrimpton <craigs@iii2.iii.net> wrote: >Greetings, > >Does anyone have a good geomtry for this drive? Seagate is very >secretive about its drive metrics. The geometry I was able to figure out >by algebra (uggh!) wastes about 65MB of the disk. > >This is what I have, maybe someone has something better: > >ns#99:nt#21:nc#2738:rm#5400:su#5688447 > >Thanks, > >Craig > > seagate secretive? I just found the geometry info for an old 42 mb drive last night on thier web site: http://www.seagate.com/index.html Goto the Tech Supprot area and there should be info on your drive, Specifications, Install Guides(pdf format), Tech Specs. Hope this helps -- ( John Murray /\ "I'm Going To See the Cow Beneath ) ( <jmurray@vt.edu> /\ the Sea" ) ( http://jmurray.async.vt.edu /\ -The Might Be Giants(Cowtown) )