Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 11:33:56 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: lists@argus.flash.net (mailing list account) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: m-o drives Message-ID: <199601151033.LAA12015@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199601150730.BAA02133@argus.flash.net> from "mailing list account" at Jan 15, 96 01:30:57 am
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As mailing list account wrote: > > i thought this might help someone out... is there any way this could be > added to the distribution /etc/disktab ? I would do it, but: > mta3230|mo230|IBM MTA-3230 230 Meg 3.5inch Magneto-Optical:\ > :ty=removeable:dt=SCSI:rm#3600:\ > :se#512:nt#64:ns#32:nc#216:sc#2048:su#444384:\ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > :pa#444384:oa#0:ba#4096:fa#0:ta=4.2BSD:\ > :pc#444384:oc#0: This rather seems like a translated geometry from your SCSI adapter in the DOS/BIOS environment, not the actual geometry of the disk. For a disk like an MO, using the UFS layout optimizations will still make sense (unlike for other disks), so using the physical geometry might be better here. Just for reference, these are the parameters of my Sony 650 entry: sony650|Sony 650 MB MOD|\ :ty=winchester:dt=SCSI:se#512:nt#1:ns#31:nc#18600:ts#1:rm#4800:\ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ :pc#576600:oc#0:\ :pa#576600:oa#0:ta=4.2BSD:ba#8192:fa#1024: -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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