[ale] What is my HD geometry ?

Prasanna Subash Psubash at manh.com
Wed Oct 27 12:03:35 EDT 1999


Sector size (bytes) 512
Recording zones     12
User cylinders      15,302
Data heads          6 GMR
Disks               3
Areal density
(max. GB/sq. inch)  3.74
Recording density
(max. KBPI)         233.8
Track density (TPI) 16,000



What is my CHS ? I have an IBM DJNA-351520.  I have a 15.2 GB huge hdd. I
know my  C=15302 and my H=6. What is my S( Sectors per track ). I dont have
this information. Is it possible to find it from the above info ?

I got the information from the IBM website.
http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl/desk/familyspec/deskspec2.htm

Prasanna Subash
Manhattan Associates, Inc 
Phone: 770 955 5533 x 1047 
psubash at manhattanassociates.com 






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