Enix doesn't work with my 300 MB disk (*sigh*)
Mark McWiggins
mark at intek01.UUCP
Fri Jan 20 04:50:32 AEST 1989
I finally got in Enix 3.2 from Everex yesterday, after about a
month's wait. I was designated a beta tester at the last minute,
which salved a lot of my wound over this.
But I have a 380 MB ESDI drive (CDC 94186-383H + DTC 6280 controller)
with 1224 cylinders, and Enix only recognizes 1024. Not only that, it
keeps bad a SECTOR table and not a bad TRACK table, and there can be
a lot of bad sectors on this size disk. Far more than the 253 their
disk scanner utility program has room for, in fact; it shut down saying
"Can't use this disk; try starting over starting at another cylinder."
A guy I know here in Seattle has been running Enix 3.0 with the same
controller and a smaller disk for several months, and reports being
very happy with it. And the tech support guy I spoke with said they'd
patch this problem at some point. It could well be fine product at
some point. But I can't wait any more; I ordered the AT&T version from
Elek-Tek for $875.
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