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Medalist 17242, 13032, 10232, 8422 and 4312, Rev. A 5
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 the
ST317242A, ST313032A, ST310232A, ST38422A and the ST34312A.
1.1 Formatted capacity
Note.
DOS systems cannot access more than 528 Mbytes on a drive
unless 1) the host system supports and is configured for LBA
addressing 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
LBA Mode
When addressing either drive in LBA mode, all blocks (sectors) are
consecutively numbered from 0 to
n–1,
where
n
is
the number of
guaranteed sectors as defined above
.
Drive
Model
Guaranteed Mbytes
(1 Mbyte = 10
6
bytes)
Guaranteed
sectors
Bytes per
sector
ST317242A 17,245 33,683,328 512
ST313032A 13,022 25,434,228 512
ST310232A 10,242 20,005,650 512
ST38422A 8,622 16,841,664 512
ST34312A 4,311 8,420,832 512
CHS Mode Cylinders Read/Write heads Sectors per track
ST317242A 16,383 16 63
ST313032A 16,383 16 63
ST310232A 16,383 16 63
ST38422A 16,383 16 63
ST34312A 8,354 16 63