30 Oct
2010
30 Oct
'10
3:06 p.m.
All,
I'm trying to evaluate a pile of large MFM hard drives for functionality.
I'm attaching them to a WD-1006V-MM2 controller and running Sprinrite 4
under DOS 6.0 (using a 486 EISA motherboard).
This works fine for drives with < 1024 cylinders, but I cannot seem to
remember (or figure out) how to surface-test drives with more cylinders
(e.g. Priam V185 with 1166).
How do folks on the list test these beasts? I've seen SCSI controllers
and ESDI controllers with CHS translation, but that feature does not seem
to be available on the MFM adapters.
Steve
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