Seagate Medalist 2531, Product Manual

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1.0 Drive specifications
Unless otherwise noted, all specifications are measured under ambient
conditions, at 25°C, and nominal power. For convenience the phrases
the drive and this drive are used throughout this manual to indicate both
the ST33240A and the ST32531A.
1.1 Formatted capacity
ST33240A ST32531A
Guaranteed Mbytes
(1 Mbyte = 10
6
bytes)
3,227 2,557
Guaranteed sectors 6,303,024 4,995,648
Bytes per sector 512 512
Note. DOS systems cannot access more than 528 Mbytes on a drive
unless 1) the host system supports and is configured for LBA ad-
dressing or for extended CHS addressing, 2) the host system
contains a specialized drive controller, or 3) the host system runs
BIOS translation software. Contact your Seagate
®
representative
for details.
1.1.1 Default logical geometry
CHS Mode ST33240A ST32531A
Sectors per track 63 63
Read/Write heads 16 16
Cylinders 6,253 4,956
LBA Mode
When addressing either drive in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are
consecutively numbered from 0 to
n–1.
1.1.2 Supported CHS translation geometries
The ST33240A supports any translation geometry that satisfies all of the
following conditions:
•
Sectors per track
≤
63
•
Read/Write heads
≤
16
•
(Sectors per track)
×
(Read/Write heads)
×
(cylinders)
≤
6,303,024
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