UFS filesystems on SCSI disks

alanlb at csgrad.cs.vt.edu alanlb at csgrad.cs.vt.edu
Wed Jun 19 03:14:56 AEST 1991


Hi there!  I'm trying to create UFS file systems on a SCSI disk and
have been wondering what to specify for the number of tracks/cylinder.
My mkfs defaults to 9, but the value can go from 1-16.  Logically,
my SCSI disk has 1284 tracks and 1 head (Seagate 1280N).  Should I
specify 1 track/cylinder, or say whatever it takes to avoid getting
unallocated sectors (BTW, I told rdb the disk has 64 sectors/track)?
Thanks!

-alan l. batongbacal
-alanlb at csgrad.cs.vt.edu



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