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From: ghod@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: [386BSD] drive data for ST351A/X is wrong (I think)
Message-ID: <1992Sep22.195514.2119@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>
Date: 23 Sep 92 00:55:13 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon Computer Club
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Greetings yet again....

386BSD correctly identifies my hard drive as a <ST351A/X> (Seagate) when it
boots. This is a 41 Mbyte drive. However, the install program claims that
there are only 37.4 Mbytes available. Apparently, it has decided that
the ST351A/X only has 716 cylinders on it, but it actually has 820. Does
anyone know if it's possible to change this somehow? If not, I recommend
that the data for this particular drive be corrected in future releases.

--Bill Paul
Assitant System Administrator
New Windsor Associates L.P.

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