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HDToolbox SCSI hard drive configuration help needed
« on: February 14, 2008, 01:35:28 AM »
Hi everyone,

    I am trying to setup a Quantum SCSI drive.  I am using HDToolbox WB 2.1, but it is unable to read the drive configuration.  

    What info I have found on the drive is

    Model Quantum Prodrive ELS 170S

    Heads                         4
    Disks                         2
    Sectors per track            17
    Bytes per sector            512
    Track Density(tpi)         1800
    Formatted Capacity  170,818,560

  I get the heads part duh... but how does this translate to #Cylinders, blocks per cylinder, blocks per track, reduced write current cylinder and precomp write cylinder?  :-?
If I can\\\'t drop it and fix it, then it wasn\\\'t broken to begin with.  It just needed power applied.   :quickdraw:
 

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Re: HDToolbox SCSI hard drive configuration help needed
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2008, 02:34:03 PM »
Hi,

   Sorry.  I am using GVP HC+8 Series II w/8 meg ram.  I have HDToolbox type set to SCSI_DRIVE_NAME = gvpscsi.device.

   HDToolbox is seeing the drive, but won't read the drive info when I try to set the drive type.  ID is 2 and is the only drive on the card.

   I have set Cylinders = 4800, Heads = 4, Blocks per track = 17, Blocks per cylinder = 68 for a size of 163166k.

   Then I select ok to exit the set drive type screen and try to save changes to drive.  An error message comes up saying error 45 on write. :-?
If I can\\\'t drop it and fix it, then it wasn\\\'t broken to begin with.  It just needed power applied.   :quickdraw: