New harddrive...partition problem

[Framiga]

Hi doctorq

have you tryed, as suggested by Thomas, to type manually the "real" values? (the one on the HD homepage specifications)

Ciao

[doctorq]

I have typed in the real values as given on the specifikation page, as you can see by comparing the values I have given and the ones on the homepage. Just need to get the rest confirmed, so I know I'm safe to continue.

[Framiga]

mhh . . .are you speaking about this Specification page?

http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/specs/ata/st3160023a.html

If yes . . .where have you found those value?

ST3160023A Configuration and Specifications

Cylinders: 1023
Heads: 256
Sectors: 63

SECTOR PER DRIVE (LBA MODE) 312,581,808

[doctorq]

Try looking at the product manual. The figures I have given is inside this documentation.

[Framiga]

so to have ~160GB you should type:

Cyl 16383
Heads 16
Blocks per tracks 63
Blocks per cylinder  20480

Total blocks= 335,523,840