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To: Randy Terbush <randy@zyzzyva.com>
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Subject: Re: Mapped geometry vs. Actual 
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Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 20:37:39 +0200
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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com>
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In message <199608031613.LAA05555@sierra.zyzzyva.com>, Randy Terbush writes:
>I've long been an advocate of working out the true geometry
>issues when setting up SCSI drives.
>
>Could someone comment on whether this is still (ever) considered
>to be worth the frustration?

Don't bother.  There is too many cpus doing too much secondguessing
between you and the head assembly for you to have any pay-back from
the rather complex job we're talking about.

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