Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!dneast.dec.com!burke_vern From: burke_vern@dneast.dec.com (WHY BE NORMAL?) Newsgroups: comp.os.os9 Subject: RE: hard disk startup problems Message-ID: <8809192053.AA21136@decwrl.dec.com> Date: 19 Sep 88 20:53:24 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 12 you probably won't have much success trying to run a drive designed for mfm with an rll controller.some drives can stand it for a while,but eventually it ends up ruining the interface cicuitry on the drive.also,some the disk used in mfm drives can't pack the info as tight,hence the data errors. either get an rll drive to go with the controller,or an mfm controller to go with the drive! vern