SEAGATE ST1480 -> 1024 bytes/sector

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1 total messages Started by Manuel Alberto Ricart Fri, 09 Oct 1992 13:02

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Author: Manuel Alberto Ricart
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 13:02

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I have a NeXT supplied 406MB Seagate ST1480 ROM Rev# 4511 that I have
been wanting to format the drive to 1024 byte/sectors. The drive as
supplied by NeXT is 512 bytes/sector.
In some newer color stations, this drive is being supplied with
1024 byte/sectors. Which is the way it should have been supplied to
begin with. (As I understand it the file system allocates files in
1024 byte/sectors, so having a 512 sector size is really a waste of
disk space.)

I have heard rummors that this is possible, but the only person that
I have encountered that knows how to do this, doesn't want to share
the information.

One caveat: I want to be able to do this from the command line, as I will
be booting the computer of a CD ROM drive in single user mode.
So in this case NeXTSTEP applications isn't the way to go.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.
-- 
Manuel Alberto Ricart
alberto@parsec.mixcom.com <NeXTMail Welcome>

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