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| 4434.1 | dir/title="rdxx" | DECWET::DAVIS | You always get what you deserve! | Thu Jan 17 1991 18:15 | 4 |
| There is an abundance of information in the RDxx note.
Dir/title="RDxx"
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| 4434.2 | Still looking for RD54 help | POLAR::RIDGE | | Tue Jan 29 1991 08:01 | 61 |
| I have done some more playing around but am still trouble.
here is where Iam at.
Iam using an Amiga 1000 with wb 1.3
2Meg of addition memory
additional 3 1/2 drive
Wedge interface to the disk controller
1) I have purchased a CTC 5160x disk controller
2) I used the connectors supplied with the board
3) fmt parms looks like this
Unit = 0
Interleave =4
Hi CYC =1024
Write Precomp = 1024
Write Current = 0
Heads = 15
ECClength =11
Sectors = 26
Seekrate = 5
Park = 0
The mount list looks like this for DH??
Device = billsdisk.device
filesystem = l:FastFileSystem
Unit = 0
flags = 0
Surfaces =15
Blocks Per track = 26
Reserved = 2
Interleave = 0
Lowcyl = 0 ; hicyl = 400
Buffers = 30
Globvec = 1
BufMemType = 0
MaxTransfer = 128
Mount =1
DosType = 0x444F5301
Stacksize =4000
DH1 and DH 2 are identical secept for the lo/hicyl
DH1 = 401-800
dh2 = 801-1024
When I do the mount of DH0 the front light flicks on once (not twice)
Iam able to do the fmt 0 commands without any problems. the light
goes on and off as it seems to be checking the drive out.
But as soon as I do the following command:
FORMAT DRIVE DH0: NAME "DH0"
it asks me to insert the disk (ok)
message about destroying all data and am I sure >(something like that
Once I complete the questions
it says starting
displays formatting cyl 1, 399 to go (something like that)
the light on the drive does not come on and I get right
back to the completed and > prompt.
CAN ANYONE HELP. PLEASE
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| 4434.3 | Just a tought | MQOFS::DESROSIERS | Lets procrastinate....tomorrow | Tue Jan 29 1991 11:56 | 7 |
| I tought the RD54 only had 17 sectors!!!( NON-RLL drive)
Unless your controller is RLL of course, but then you may be
asking for trouble as the surface may not be up to the task of
supporting that many sectors.
Jean
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| 4434.4 | | WJG::GUINEAU | | Tue Jan 29 1991 13:12 | 7 |
| Right, it depends on the controller. The RQDX3 (Microvax) controller uses
18 sectors, but one is reserved for bad block replacement (HIBBR).
Not sure if RD54 can hack RLL, but it's worth a try!
john
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| 4434.5 | re 3 and 4 | POLAR::RIDGE | | Tue Jan 29 1991 13:39 | 7 |
| Is there someone I can contact to find out if an RLL controller could
be used on a RD54??
The introduction of the controller says "This easy to install RLL hard
disk contoller can control 2 sST 506 type industry standard 3 1/5 or 5
1/4 winchester LRR disk drives under IBM PC DOS ver 2.0 or later IBM
PC/XT or COMPATABLE.
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| 4434.6 | RLL controller with RD54 BAD BLOCKS | POLAR::RIDGE | | Tue Mar 19 1991 16:00 | 14 |
| I have just received a reply from the people who built the wedge for
the 1000. Although the wedge itselve cannot be used he thought that
any RLL controller would do. He has been able to format the drive
set up partitions and run software. But, he says that he is having
problems in assigning bad blocks. apparently the amiga formatter will
not handle it. He does not know why at this point and has not had the
time to check out the code. He also says that there is a manual,
painful way to assign bad blocks.
Can anyone add any comments or advice.
I sure would like to use this drive.
Thanks in advance
thanks in advance
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