[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] Hard Disk Help!

kai@kaiki.toppoint.de (Kai Voelcker) (06/03/91)

dchun@aludra.usc.edu (Dale Chun) writes:
> 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
Your data is quite right. I had this RLL drive (ST506) at WD 1006 SR2
Try bios type 6 for WD controller or 2 for other.
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ppa@col.hp.com (Paul Austgen) (06/03/91)

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.

Paul