On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 11:37:10AM +0000, Peter Howkins wrote:
>
> MFM disc
> 1 612 4 32 256
>
> I took a guess this was related to the initial Arcem package I'd installed
> years ago and downloaded the 20MB ext2 image from Dave Gilberts page
> ftp://ftp.arm.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/arcem/
>
> I then took a hform ADF from the Arculator site and renamed the ADF
> FloppyImage0 (incidentally does anyone know why the default names for
> floppies go 0-3 and ST506 drives go 1-4)
> http://b-em.bbcmicro.com/arculator/download.html
>
> Then ran HForm on disc 4 and picked the first option off the list
> 20Mb Miniscribe 8425
>
Actually, don't use that option at all, use these instructions instead and
you
a) won't get the warnings about out of range cylinders
b) can get through a full hform soak test without any defects being
detected
c) potentialy won't f%&k up your data
Don't do the soak test unless you're feeling particulaly masachistic
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Which make of hard disc (1 to 4) ?4 (Other)
Old or new map format (O/N)?n
Sectors per track?32 (offered as default)
Heads ?4 (offered as default)
Cylinders ?612 (offered as default)
Low current cylinder ?1023 (offered as default)
Precompensation cylinder ?128 (offered as default)
Parking cylinder ?611 (offered as default)
<defect options>
a,b,c or d ?a (no more changes
to defect list)
Format or just initialise the drive (F/I) ?F (full format)
Soak test the hard disc for defects (Long/Short/None) ?L (L for testing, N
for normal)
Are you SURE you want to do this to drive ADFS:4 (Y/N) ?y
Then it steps through soak test if you chose that option above (warning
very very very long time)
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