My ST4051's missing 122 cylinders

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From: wmam
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1987 15:52

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O.K. - I am trying to find out how to use the last 122 cylinders on my ST4051
(it is running on an Everex controller) in my AT compatible.  They are there,
they are formattable (with a low level formatting program I have) but fdisk
just pretends they don't exist.   Now, it is only a "mere" 5.5 meg. but I
want to be able to use every little bit.  What is MOST frustrating is that
when I first got the thing it WAS using all 977 cylinders (thus it can be
done) but I eventually had to re-format the drive (low level, and dos-level).
That is when I lost them.

Any replies?  I would appreciate any input.  If anything significant is
learned, I will summarize and post it for everyone's enjoyment.

Thanks in advance!

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Tony Mason   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>  University of Chicago
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Subject: My ST4051's missing 122 cylinders
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Date: Fri, 6-Feb-87 10:52:46 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  6 10:52:46 1987
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Summary: How do I get them? My AT ignores them