Aduke.1478 net.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!duke!bcw Wed Dec 9 17:50:27 1981 Re: unc.1M38 and RK05 size An RK05 definitely does have 4872 blocks, and they are all useable. DEC software only uses the first 4800 blocks; Unix will use the entire disk. It is even possible to deal with the last 72 blocks on DEC systems but you have to bypass the file system and deal directly with the device driver (possibly with some special function codes to bypass some types of error checking). Dennis Rockwell (duke!rdr I believe) and I have transferred data between DEC and UNIX systems using this mechanism, so I have some firsthand experience with the beast. Bruce C. Wright @ Duke University ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.