NEED format.dat info for Segate ST1239N drive

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From: Michael T Sedwick
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1991 18:40

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	I am seeking the correct formatting numbers for a 239Mb Segate drive
ST-1239NS (old anme 94351-230S Swift). Formated capacity should be 210Mb.
The stat sheet I have on this disk says the following:

	cyl	...1268
	heads	...9
	disks	...5
	sec	...36


   But using this information the format utility always complains about
"...Fatal non-media error (illegal request)", somewhere in cyl 1231!
Now if I set up the format data so that I only have 1231 total cylinders
all is fine... cept the disk only formats out at 186Mb. 

   The great people at Segate don't know WHAT UNIS IS? "...ah I only know
about formating these drives for DOS, we don't know about any other OS."
Some help they were.

	Well if anyone out there has good formatting data for this drive I
would really appreciate it.


			Thanks,
			   --michael


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Michael T. Sedwick				AT&T Computer Systems
merlyn9@ihlpe.att.com				Napperville, Il.
						(708) 979-1026

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