Introduction

Oliver Lehmann wrote: btw. I can configure something like "ramp mode" for my controller for different preconfigured harddisk types or set it by hand - could that be the "auto setting" you are talking about? Example configuration for a Microscience HH-1090 disk with the config utilty: List of Drive-Parameters: |No.| Name | cyls; hds; secs; prae; ramp; ----------------------------------------------- | 1 |NEC D5126 | 615; 4; 18; 128; 12; | 2 |NEC D5146 | 615; 8; 18; 128; 12; | 3 |ROBOTRON VS | 820; 6; 18; 820; 1; | 4 |ROB K5504.50| 1024; 5; 18; 1024; 1; ----------------------------------------------- Which Typ ? (No./n/q) n PAR --- Drivetype: ' ' PAR --- Cylinders: 100 Heads: 2 Sectors: 18 Praecomp: 100 Ramp: 1 Parameter for Drive ok ? (y/l/p/q)p Parameters: b(Drivetype(ASCII)) c(Number of Cylinders) h(Number of Heads) s(Number of Sectors) p(Begin Cylinder of Praecompensation) r(Distance of Cylinders for Ramp Mode) e (End of Input) q (Jump to the End of 'sa.format') Parameter: (b/c/h/s/p/r)value,e,q bHH-1090 Parameter: (b/c/h/s/p/r)value,e,q c1314 Parameter: (b/c/h/s/p/r)value,e,q h7 Parameter: (b/c/h/s/p/r)value,e,q s18 Parameter: (b/c/h/s/p/r)value,e,q p1314 Parameter: (b/c/h/s/p/r)value,e,q r1 Parameter: (b/c/h/s/p/r)value,e,q e as you can see there is an option "Distance of Cylinders for Ramp Mode" -- Oliver Lehmann http://www.pofo.de/ http://wishlist.ans-netz.de/