Re: A new Drive

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

DOH!
"Makes me feel better".

On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> Makes ne feel better.
>
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost> wrote:
> >
> > tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost (Todd Gruhn) writes:
> >
> > >Cylinders -- how is that done?  Because there is no tracks etc...
> >
> > A fake geometry is used. Commonly by taking 63 * 255 sectors
> > for a 'cylinder', because that's the maximum the original HDD
> > interface could handle.
> >
> > Geometry information is mostly ignored nowadays, even for HDDs.
> >