rogers@orion.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Brynn Rogers) (08/02/89)
I have been using Speedstore with my 120 Meg Maxtor (XT-1140)
for quite some time and I am very happy with it.
But, I want better,faster,bigger just like anyone else.
Switching to a 1:1 interleave RLL vs my 1:2 MFM should give me
3x throughput and 180Meg.
I know that this drive will do RLL no problem, but looking through
the device tables that speedstore offers (in HARDPREP) I cannot find
anything that looks like RLL.
My question is simple, does anyone use speedstore with a RLL drive,
and if so, how did you set it up?
Brynn Rogers Honeywell S&RC rogers@src.honeywell.com
612-782-7737 use this address if your reply bounceskarl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) (08/03/89)
>Item 4717 (0 responses) by rogers at orion.SRC.Honeywell.COM on Thu 03 Aug 89 >02:34 >[Brynn Rogers] Subject: Speedstore , does it do RLL > > I have been using Speedstore with my 120 Meg Maxtor (XT-1140) >for quite some time and I am very happy with it. > But, I want better,faster,bigger just like anyone else. >Switching to a 1:1 interleave RLL vs my 1:2 MFM should give me >3x throughput and 180Meg. > I know that this drive will do RLL no problem, but looking through >the device tables that speedstore offers (in HARDPREP) I cannot find >anything that looks like RLL. Right. When you invoke HARDPREP, just add "/secs:26" to the end of the command line, and it will format and test RLL..... Works quite nicely. You WILL need to disable any on-board controller ROM(s) if you are going to use Speedstor to handle the drive rather than any on- board formatter which may be included on the controller. -- Karl Denninger (karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM, <well-connected>!ddsw1!karl) Public Access Data Line: [+1 312 566-8911], Voice: [+1 312 566-8910] Macro Computer Solutions, Inc. "Quality Solutions at a Fair Price"