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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.wonderworks.com!u-sure-kin-mambo From: kyle@crystal.WonderWorks.com (Kyle Jones) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: what are the reserved sectors on 1GB Jaz disks Date: 13 May 1996 19:31:21 -0400 Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church VA USA Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4n8go9$acf@crystal.WonderWorks.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: crystal.wonderworks.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:59736 comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:13400 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1041 Anyone know which sectors on a Jaz disk need to be left alone in order to avoid erasing geometry information that the drive (apparently) needs to recognize the disk? I think this is the reason why my drive suddenly stopped recognizing a disk after I put a UNIX filesystem on it and then ejected the disk. When I send a SCSI test unit ready command I get back "incompatible medium installed" (asc 30h, ascq 92h). The access light blinks for a while but the drive doesn't spin up.