Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!usc!rutgers!att!mcdchg!ddsw1!ddsw1!karl From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Installing second disk on True Blue Keywords: AT, Hard Disk Message-ID: <[24ecd7c8:4986.5]comp.ibmpc;1@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Date: 19 Aug 89 04:00:06 GMT References: <4352@portia.Stanford.EDU> <442@holston.UUCP> Lines: 20 >----- >Response 3 of 4 (4986) by ske at pkmab.se on Fri 18 Aug 89 14:33 >[Kristoffer Eriksson] > >In article <[24e8db3e:4986.2]comp.ibmpc;1@ddsw1.MCS.COM> karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM >(Karl Denninger) writes: >>Seagate 225s prefer to be run with NO precomp, at least current run (drives >><= 1 year old). I don't remember what the recommendation was two+ years >>back. > >In the "Universal Installation Handbook" published by Seagate in 1987 the >ST225 is listed with write precompensation from cylinder 300. That was in 1987; I am nearly certain the current recommendation is to run with no precomp. Will check my charts Monday and post a followup. -- Karl Denninger (karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM,!ddsw1!karl) Public Access Data Line: [+1 312 566-8911], Voice: [+1 312 566-8910] Macro Computer Solutions, Inc. "Quality Solutions at a Fair Price"