Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Aug 1998 13:48:23 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: sector size of 2068? |
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On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Peter wrote:
> > What would need to be changed to make a SCSI disk with sector_size > reporting back as 2068 work? >
In the SCSI controller BIOS setup, low-level format the drive using your new controller. The drive was apparently low-level formatted on on different controller, or simply contains a manufacturers' test pattern. If you don't have a controller that shows a startup window that says "^B or ^A to enter setup.." or something like that, you need to format the drive on some machine that does.
Normally SCSI Direct-Access devices (Disks), have logical block lengths that are powers-of-two. It is an important internal optimization to select the proper head, etc. Therefore I doubt that the "real" block-size is 2068. In practice, it's usually 512 or a multiple thereof.
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