/**************************************************************************
*
* initialize the disks comprising the array
*
* We want the spare disks to have regular row,col numbers so that we can
* easily substitue a spare for a failed disk. But, the driver code assumes
* throughout that the array contains numRow by numCol _non-spare_ disks, so
* it's not clear how to fit in the spares. This is an unfortunate holdover
* from raidSim. The quick and dirty fix is to make row zero bigger than the
* rest, and put all the spares in it. This probably needs to get changed
* eventually.
*
**************************************************************************/