There were 9 responses to the enquiry including one asking for a summary.

The format.dat entries they provided were not exactly the same, but should

be workable. I used the one provided bydick@netcom.com shown below:

# From:dick@netcom.com (Richard Arnold)

#

disk_type = "Seagate ST12400N 2.4GB" \

        : ctlr = MD21 : fmt_time = 4 \

        : cache = 0x0 : trks_zone = 19 : asect = 1 : atrks = 0 \

        : ncyl = 2668 : acyl = 2 : pcyl = 2621 : nhead = 19 : nsect = 82 \

        : rpm = 5411 : bpt = 41984

partition = "Seagate ST12400N 2.4GB" \

        : disk = "Seagate ST12400N 2.4GB" : ctlr = MD21 \

        : a = 0, 32718 : b =21, 65436 : c = 0, 4156744 : g = 63, 4058590

runde@mms.com (Aline H. Runde - MicroModule Systems) sent me a "Master

Sun format.dat" posted on comp.sys.sun.admin. It was long (about 1600

lines) so I do not included here. If anyone interested in getting a

copy of it, please send me a email directly.

Thanks to the following people:

Tom Reingold <tommy@big.att.com>

"Garrett, Thom" <tgarrett@dsrnet.com>

runde@mms.com (Aline H. Runde - MicroModule Systems)

jdd@cdf.toronto.edu (John DiMarco)

ljm@halsp.hitachi.com (Larry J. Miller)

Lloyd C. Cha <lccha@nb.rockwell.com>

gdonl@gv.ssi1.com (Don Lewis)

MArtin Achilli <ACHILLM@IMIHSRA.BITNET>

bwalker@antares.com (Brad Walker)

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Department of Computer Science Tel : (+852) 859 2187

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