On Jun 13,  2:45pm, Greg A. Woods wrote:
} Subject: Re: problems with 1024 byte/sector disks?
} [ On Wed, June 12, 1996 at 08:38:59 (-0600), Michael L. Hitch wrote: ]
} > Subject: Re: problems with 1024 byte/sector disks?
} >
} >   NetBSD will not work with 1024 byte sectors (or any size other
} > than 512 bytes).  The "block size" is used inconsistently in various
} > places in the kernel.  The page and swap handling all assume 512
} > byte blocks, [[....]]
} 
} That sucks.  I guess my old SMDs are out for the sun3, eh?

All the SMD's I've ever used have been adjustable.  I never used any
on a Sun3, but on a Sun4 I set them to 512 bytes/sector (actually 600
to account for all the controller overhead).

			---  Truck