Thanks again to the list for prompt and accurate responses.
THE QUESTION
I've seen requests for this in the past but archive searches have
revealed no summaries.
My guess at this is:
disk_type = "Seagate ST42400N - Elite 2" \
: ctlr = SCSI : fmt_time = 4 \
: ncyl = 2624 : acyl = 3 : pcyl = 2627 : nhead = 19 : nsect = 83 \
: rpm = 5400 : bpt = 42715
THE SUMMARY
I've received five responses giving possible entries. There were three
votes (from Doug, Joost and Bruce) for an entry which corresponds with
the disk geometry and which is close to my guess:
disk_type = "Seagate ST42400N" \
: ctlr = MD21 : fmt_time = 4 \
: trks_zone = 19 : asect = 6 : atrks = 19 \
: ncyl = 2622 : acyl = 2 : pcyl = 2624 : nhead = 19 : nsect = 83 \
: rpm = 5400 : bpt = 55440
One respondent (Birger) claimed that the drive is the one used by Sun
as their 2.1G drive implying the Sun supplied entry for those devices
was suitable. Another (Brian) relayed an entry from `engineers at
Seagate' which was identical to Sun's (except in name of course):
disk_type = "Seagate Elite ST42400N" \
: ctlr = SCSI : fmt_time = 4 \
: ncyl = 2733 : acyl = 2 : pcyl = 3500 : nhead = 19 : nsect = 80 \
: rpm = 5400 : bpt = 44823
Using format with either entry seems to work fine although I've yet
to try either with busy file systems. The latter entry gives almost
another 10MB of available space so I'll go with it.
THE HONOUR
doug@perry.berkeley.edu. (Doug Neuhauser)
birger@vest.sdata.no. (Birger A. Wathne)
joost@cdi-as.ce.philips.nl. (Joost van Vroonhoven)
cogan@merlin.anu.edu.au. (Bruce Cogan)
Brian Bartholomew <bb@math.ufl.edu.>
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