[comp.os.minix] RLL patch to xt_wini.c

KYY%NIHCUDEC.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (M. DOBSON) (11/16/88)

In article <803@nosc.NOSC.MIL> hall@nosc.NOSC.MIL (Rober R. Hall) writes:
>I now have the MINIX xt_wini driver working with my RLL disk drive.
> (more stuff)
>
>!  #define NR_SECTORS     26   /* number of sectors per track */

Warning!!  The DTC 5160CR RLL controller requires 25 sectors per track for
the same reason as the Adaptec RLL controller, it use the 26th sector as a
"spare".

Michael Dobson, Ph. D.                  ARPANET:  nmri@nrl.arpa
Rickettsial Diseases Division           BITNET:   kyy@nihcudec.BITNET
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