Mountlist question

TreacleWench · 21 May 2012, 12:57

Ok, I'm trying to set up a mountlist for a WB 3.1 partition on a CF card. Now I know there are loads of threads out there covering this subject, but I haven't found a single one that answers my question!

All these threads says you can get the values you need by using HDTools or HDInstTools but neither of these programs give you the values for Surfaces and SectorsPerBlock.

Does anyone know how to find out these values?

Thanks

thomas · 21 May 2012, 13:45

Surfaces = the value of "heads" on the "change drive type / define new" page

SectorsPerBlock = the value of "file system block size" on the "change..." page divided by the physical block size of the drive (usually 512).

This might also be interesting for you: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=784278#post784278

TreacleWench · 24 May 2012, 12:15

Great thanks! Got it working perfectly now. It didn't actually like the SectorsPerBlock bit so I removed it completely, added the correct Surfaces value and it works.

Cheers for your help!

21 May 2012, 12:57	#1
TreacleWench Amigaaaarrrrgghhh Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Cranfield, Bedfordshire, UK Age: 45 Posts: 95	Mountlist question Ok, I'm trying to set up a mountlist for a WB 3.1 partition on a CF card. Now I know there are loads of threads out there covering this subject, but I haven't found a single one that answers my question! All these threads says you can get the values you need by using HDTools or HDInstTools but neither of these programs give you the values for Surfaces and SectorsPerBlock. Does anyone know how to find out these values? Thanks

21 May 2012, 13:45	#2
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 7,001	Surfaces = the value of "heads" on the "change drive type / define new" page SectorsPerBlock = the value of "file system block size" on the "change..." page divided by the physical block size of the drive (usually 512). This might also be interesting for you: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=784278#post784278 Last edited by thomas; 21 May 2012 at 15:00.

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24 May 2012, 12:15	#3
TreacleWench Amigaaaarrrrgghhh Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Cranfield, Bedfordshire, UK Age: 45 Posts: 95	Great thanks! Got it working perfectly now. It didn't actually like the SectorsPerBlock bit so I removed it completely, added the correct Surfaces value and it works. Cheers for your help!

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