marc@rna.UUCP (Marc Johnson) (09/06/89)
I would like to replace the 67 Megabyte hard drive on my AT&T 7300 UNIX PC with a larger drive. I recall seeing some articles here and the indication that any ST506 drive would work. AT&T Support claims that the controller chip will only support a maximum of 67 Megabytes. She further stated that the limit was 8 heads, 1024 cylinders max, which actually translates to 69.6 Megabytes, assuming 17 sectors/track at 512 bytes per sector. Does anyone know if a larger disk can be installed? How does this affect the software filesystem setup? Can the controller be replaced/upgraded to address a larger disk, especially an RLL or ESDI format disk? Please e-mail any replies -- all help, information, referalls would be greatly appreciated. Thanx, marc =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = Marc Johnson BITNET: rna!marc@rockvax.bitnet = = Rockefeller Univ. Neurobiology UUCP: ...cmcl2!rna!marc = = New York City INTERNET: marc%rna@rocky2.rockefeller.edu = = (129.85.2.1) = = = = "Gimme the beat boys and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your rock & roll = = ...and drift away" = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=