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In article <1992Aug29.052756.7383@menudo.uh.edu> cosc16to@menudo.uh.edu (Andy Hakim) writes:
>> the read fails, VENIX will retry a number of times before giving up.  I
>> think what you're seeing is the failed retries, and, as suggested above,
>> it's probably due to a head/cylinder difference between your disk and one
>> of the supported ones.
> 
>Makes sense.  I am using a non-standard drive, a Seagate ST-225,
>which has dimensions of 655x4.  I dont know what the comparable
>DEC 20megger (RD52?) size is.   I once talked to the dec techincian
>and was told that they used Seagate drives back in those days.
> 
>I'm not even sure if Venix 1.1 officially supported 20mb drives.
>
>thanks,
>-andy
ST-225 is RD31 and *is* standard.  Make sure that it selects on DS0.  You'll
know you're right because it will light up when selected.

Isn't RD52 the Quantum 540?  This is a 30-odd meg disk.  The RD53 is a
Micropolis 1325 and is 64 Megs formatted DEC style.  (Often called a 70-
something Meg disk elsewhere. DEC's penchant for 16 sectors instead of
17 causes this sized disk's "penalty" to be noticeable.)

Don't know what Venix expects.

cjl