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In article <1992Dec29.153819.23066@seas.smu.edu> dleon@seas.smu.edu (David  
Leon) writes:
> In article <IfDmIJD0Bwx5I1_r4u@transarc.com> Jim_Laredo@transarc.com  
writes:
> >I installed the 1.23GB HD, and found that it came with a device block
> >size of 512Bytes. The original Seagate was formated with a 1024Bytes
> >block size.
> >
> >Do you have any idea what the performance impact is? Should I try to
> >reformat the disk to get a block size of 1024Bytes?
> >
> >
> >How hard is to reformat the HD to set the block size to 1024, can I do it
> >or is it a manufacturer's job?
> >
> >
> >thanks in advance,
> >Jim.
> 
> Do it!  When I refeormatted my drive from 512 to 1024 byte sectors, I  
gained
> about 15% extra space and about 2x faster speed up (using the speedometer
> program).  You will need the scsitools available on sonata (sense and one
> other).  Be careful, as I irreparably damaged one drive by using the GUI
> version of the program without first saving the sense file.
> 
> David L. Leon
> dleon@seas.smu.edu
> 

OK, does anyone have the files needed by scsitools for the Toshiba MK-538FB  
1.2Gb 3.5 inch hard drive?

Or can someone explain how to modify the sense file that I can dump from my  
own drive?

Or can someone lead me to the recommended reading material?

Thanks
-- 
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