10 Jun
2009
10 Jun
'09
1:19 a.m.
Title says it. Need to replace the drive mechanism in one of my Corvus
flat-cable drives. Firmware expects 6-heads and 306 cylinders and gets
boggled by anything larger, unfortunately.
Could also probably work with Seagate ST419 or Rodime RO203, which are the
only other drives I've found with the same geometry.
Steve
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10 Jun
10 Jun
7:31 p.m.
On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, Steven Hirsch wrote:
Title says it. Need to replace the drive mechanism in
one of my Corvus
flat-cable drives. Firmware expects 6-heads and 306 cylinders and gets
boggled by anything larger, unfortunately.
Could also probably work with Seagate ST419 or Rodime RO203, which are the
only other drives I've found with the same geometry.
There were a few more "15 meg" drives with that structure.
Sure that you can't fool it into ignoring a few heads or cylinders with a
8 x 306 or 6 x 600? 20 and 30 Meg are a little easier to find.
10:40 p.m.
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, Steven Hirsch wrote:
I've tried, trust me. Would likely require disassembly and patching of
the controller EPROM. I'll attempt that if all else fails.
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Title says it. Need to replace the drive
mechanism in one of my Corvus
flat-cable drives. Firmware expects 6-heads and 306 cylinders and gets
boggled by anything larger, unfortunately.
Could also probably work with Seagate ST419 or Rodime RO203, which are the
only other drives I've found with the same geometry.
There were a few more "15 meg" drives with that structure.
Sure that you can't fool it into ignoring a few heads or cylinders with a
8 x 306 or 6 x 600? 20 and 30 Meg are a little easier to find.
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