4Gb SCSI drive problem

[lloyd]

I have tried to install a Seagate ST34520N hard drive on my A1200/Squirrel. Now, problem is, when I try to prep the drive, SquirrelHDTools crashes when it tried to identify the drive's parameters . Soooo, I assume I have to enter all the relevent data in by hand. Cool, BUT, I don't know what these bits of data are. I've searched the Seagate site for help etc but can't find the number of blocks per track or the blocks per cylinder.

I know the Amiga has a problem with drives larger than 4 Gb (and this is a 4.5Gb drive) AND it doesn't like >2Gb partitions.... So, I'd be happy with two 1.8 Gb partitions. Anybody help?

The manual is at http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/...csi/32661d.pdf

I found this at http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...+sectors&hl=en

# /dev/rsd0c:
type: unknown
disk: SEAGATE-ST34520
label: 4.5 Gb Sun-SLC
flags:
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 246
tracks/cylinder: 4
sectors/cylinder: 984
cylinders: 9033
total sectors: 8888472
rpm: 7200
interleave: 1
trackskew: 0
cylinderskew: 0
headswitch: 0 # milliseconds
track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds
drivedata: 0

[lloyd]

Thanks dude.

I've seen the manual but the info HDtools is asking for just isn't there - well, I couldn't find it, and I have spent several frustrating hours searching fo it.

You've saved me hours of work, many thanks again.