[1045] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: AHA 2940UW vs 2940W
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James W. Laferriere)
Sat Nov 30 07:48:07 1996
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 23:33:43 -0800 (PST)
From: "James W. Laferriere" <babydr@nwrain.net>
To: Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net>
cc: Don Fisher <fisherd@aries.tucson.saic.com>, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961129232140.174x-100000@inorganic5.fdt.net>
On Fri, 29 Nov 1996, Jon Lewis wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Nov 1996, James W. Laferriere wrote:
...snip...
> > I do know that the NCR53c810 cards (seem to only)
> > do LBA. That's how my 2 drives were reported on
> > installation.
>
> I thought LBA was an IDE thing? There is no 1024 cyl limit on SCSI disks.
There isn't an 1024 cyl. limit with IDE, "IT'S DOS".
> If there is, how would you explain this:
> Disk /dev/sdd: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 4095 cylinders
> That's only a 4gb disk.
Jon ,
Is it by chance an NCR53c810 card ?
Because a simple little ol' approx. 1.0GB drive,
(ST11200n, NCR53c810(Asus), NCR53c8xx-v1.4c)
fdisk shows...
Disk /dev/sda: 33 heads, 61 sectors, 1022 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2013 * 512 bytes
now an ST11200n in reality is,
cyl's 1872, heads 15, t/s 73 (average)
My biggest 'bit**' isn't that it does this
(oh-heck it's still dos's fault), it's that
I don't even get a chance to use the raw
device format, or LBA, or Extended, If it
would have pleased me.
I Know, spend a bit more cash & you can get it.
But would $80.00 be worth it ???????
JimL
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