From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 17 15:28:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id PAA04795 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 15:28:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id PAA04790 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 15:28:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA29673; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 15:27:58 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 15:27:58 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Gary Kline cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: IBM/CSC SCSI drive In-Reply-To: <199701150457.UAA24359@athena.tera.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm throwing this back into -questions for comment. On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Gary Kline wrote: > Like I said, there isn't much that looks like it fits into > /etc/disktab. What's the probe line for this disk? It relays lots of info...sorry I deleted it. I really need the # sectors/track, tracks/cylinder & num cylinders on the disk. I used to know how to do disk math, but I've forgotten. > > The drive is an IBM DSAS-3720 > > Capacity: 730MB > Bytes/Sector 512 > Data transfer speed 10MB/sec > Average seek time 12ms > Rotational Speed 4500 rpm > > > Data Organization > > Number of heads 4 > Number of LBA's 1,427,328 (LBA??? dunno) > Sector siize 512 > User Data Bytes 730MB DSAS3720|IBM DSAS-3720:\ :dt=SCSI:ty=winchester:se#512:rm#4500:sf: > Can you make a disktab entry with just this?? Would anybody > else on the list have any clues? I'm lost... . Well, that's what I've hashed out so far. I think the disk probe gives much of what I'm missing, or else it's a matter of math. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major