dchun@aludra.usc.edu (Dale Chun) (05/31/91)
Does any one know what the hard drive type a Seagate ST-238R is? I can't get it to work on a Leading Edge Model D2 computer. I know it is a 32mb drive with 615 cylinders, 4 heads, Read/Write PreComp at 616 and 26 sectors. I tried drive types 36, 37, 38, 43 without success. I get a "Hard Disk Controller Failure" during boot. (it *was* working before the clock died). I got the clock working okay now, but the hard disk is dead. Does anyone know what is going on? Thanks for any information. ...dale ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dale C. Chun | * 2 + 2 = 5, for sufficiently large values of 2 PLAYMAC Technical Support | * Hack First, Ask Questions Later. dchun@aludra.usc.edu | * MAC; Maybe A Computer, but probably a toy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q: What is the best way to accelerate a Macintosh? | Real Programmers don't A: 9.8 m/(sec*sec)! | use Macs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
barnett@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Karey Barnett) (06/05/91)
In article <16110012@col.hp.com> ppa@col.hp.com (Paul Austgen) writes: >A type 6 has no precomp, which I think is the same as the last >track, essentially. It has 20 Mb capacity unless RLL, which >would be 26 sectors per track. > I might be able to help, but I don't know what the problem is. For example, what do you mean by "A type 6 has no precomp...".
ppa@col.hp.com (Paul Austgen) (06/05/91)
> / col:comp.sys.ibm.pc / barnett@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Karey Barnett) / 5:52 pm Jun 4, 1991 / > In article <16110012@col.hp.com> ppa@col.hp.com (Paul Austgen) writes: > >A type 6 has no precomp, which I think is the same as the last > >track, essentially. It has 20 Mb capacity unless RLL, which > >would be 26 sectors per track. > > > I might be able to help, but I don't know what the problem is. For > example, what do you mean by "A type 6 has no precomp...". > I didn't post the original basenote. What I was trying to say was that his disk sounds like a type 6 based on all of his description, except that the poster gave a track precomp number corresponding to the last track. I believe that this is equivalent to no compensation (or maybe it was vice-versa, but anyway, it sounds like a type 6). Paul