Re: Problems with EIDE driver (I think)

Robert Nichols (rnichols@interaccess.com)
Fri, 8 Mar 96 18:15 CST

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On Fri, 8 Mar 1996 15:40:00 -0500
"mark (m.s.) lord" <mlord@bnr.ca> wrote:
>In message "Re: Problems with EIDE driver (I think)",
>'rnichols@interaccess.com' writes:
>
>...
>>> Model=ST3660A, FwRev=06.06.01ST3660A, SerialNo=DZ159078
>...
>>> CurCHS=1057/16/63, CurSects=1065456, LBA=yes, LBAsects=1065456
>...
>>A quick check at Seagate's web site <http://www.seagate.com> shows that
>>the actual LBA capacity of the ST-5660A is 1,066,184 sectors, which
>
>I would not assume that an ST3660A is identical to an ST5660A.
>
>In any event, the maximum LBA capacity of the drive is reported
>by the drive as being 1065456 in this case.

Actually, I didn't assume anything, I simply misread the model number
(several times). My apologies.

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Bob Nichols         rnichols@interaccess.com

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