On 2021-02-11 12:41 p.m., Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > On 2/11/21 9:33 AM, Nigel Johnson via cctalk wrote: >> I'm about to try the very same thing. >> >> I have a MicroVAX II with a sigma MSCP ESDI controller. It can be set >> for soft-secoring or various numbers of hard sectors. That is what I >> see is the big issue with these drives. >> >> A friend gave me two drives that had been written on a PC under *nix. > > There is little chance this will work for the same reason you can't use > an arbitrary disk/controller combination for PC recovery. > > Doesn't stop me trying, Al. Lots of things were achieved by people who didn't know they couldn't do it!
My controller has settings for different sector sizes. I owe it to my friend to try! Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept! Skype: TILBURY2591 [email protected]
