RAxx disk partitons

[Chris Torek]

In article <2452 at phri.UUCP> roy at phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
>...  One of the problems is that it is not easy for the software
>to tell if you actually have an RA60, 80, or 81 out there

Actually, it is easy; there is a media identifier in the on line
end (response) packet.  There is another (different, printable) ID
in the get unit status end packet.

>Another problem, I think, is that I've seen DEC literature which
>alternately lists the RA81 as having 51 or 52 sectors per track (I
>believe 51 is the right number, but don't hold me to that).  The
>UDA-50 does a pretty good job of hiding cylinder boundaries anyway.

(Perhaps too good.)  The RA81 has 52 sectors per track, but one
sector on every track is reserved for bad block replacement.
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