Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!crdgw1!sungod!davidsen From: davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (ody) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Help needed formatting with RLL Keywords: CDC hard disks, RLL controller, WD Message-ID: <1621@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Date: 10 Aug 89 19:15:42 GMT References: <640@holin.ATT.COM> <[24e032df:4864.1]comp.ibmpc;1@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) Organization: General Electric Corp. R&D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 14 In article <[24e032df:4864.1]comp.ibmpc;1@ddsw1.MCS.COM> karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) writes: | The WD board will take care of the rest. | | We use (and sell) 'em here; they're nice and FAST. Be sure you have a good book when doing the surface test. It is very complete but stops after each error and asks if you want to mark the sector bad. Other than that it's fast, cheap, reliable, and after putting one in a problem machine of my own I have gotten WD's for three other happy people. bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM) {uunet | philabs}!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me