5 Jul
2002
5 Jul
'02
5:10 p.m.
--- Gordon Zaft <zaft(a)azstarnet.com> wrote:
>On 2002.07.01 17:25 John Allain wrote:
>
> > Does DEC, for example with the RQDX3, only
> > accept the RD5{0..4} _geometries_ with this
> > controller or can there be others.
With the right formatter (i.e., the Field Service one for the MicroVAX),
you can specify the geometry at low-level format time. With the ROM-
based formatter in the MicroVAX 2000, I _think_ you are limited to DEC
drive geometries and, in many cases, exact models (cf jumper R7 in the
Micropolis drive that's the RD53 (1335?))
As far as I know, the RD54 (aka Maxtor
something or other...
XT2190
-ethan
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