Re: tlug: Fujitsu MO

[Jim Tittsler <jwt-tlug@example.com>]

On Thu, Dec 04, 1997 at 02:16:24PM +0900, Robert J. Bickel wrote:
> 
> I have a Fujitsu MO 640MB (M2513A).  It is a SCSI device and doesn't
> normally work because the sector size is 2048.  I heard there is

I also use one and have been quite happy with it.

The easy solution is to use 230MB or 540MB media, since they have 512 byte
sectors.

> some kind of patch to allow it to work, but I can not seem to find
> this "patch" anywhere.  Anyone know where I can download it?

Support for "large" sectors is included in recent 2.1.x kernels.  For 2.0.x,
you can get the patch from:

http://liniere.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/2048.html

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