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ST3144 Family Installation Guide, Rev.
D
AT interface setup
This section describes drive geometries, compatible BIOS revi-
sions, jumper settings, and’ installation procedures for ST3144
family drives.
AT drive geometries
The following table shows the recommended drive geometries
for ST31 44 family drives.
/
Model
Formatted
Formatted
MBytes
Cyl.
Sectors/
Heads Track
CMOS
!
MBytes
!
’
’
ST3096A
89.1
1,024
10 17
85.0
ST31 20A
106.9 1,024
12
17
102.0
/
ST3144A
130.7
1,001 15 17
/
124.6
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Use a system utility, usually called SETUP, to enter the drive
geometry into the system CMOS. If the drive types offered by the
CMOS do not support the number of heads, cylinders, and
sectors/track shown by the table, and your system does not
support a “user-defined” drive type, select a drive type in your
system CMOS with a capacity less than or equal to the capacity
given in the “Formatted CMOS Megabytes” column of the table
above.
Note.
The number of Heads times the number of Sectors cannot
exceed 255, as given by the following equation:
(Heads) x (Sectors)
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255
When you enter the drive geometry using the “user-defined” or
“custom” drive type, the CMOS calculates the drive capacity.
This
capacity is listed in the “Formatted CMOS Megabytes” column of
the table. It is the same effective capacity as the capacity shown
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in the “Formatted Megabytes” column, even though the CMOS
value is lower. After high-level formatting, you can check the drive
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