Re: How do I determine the interleaving of an already formated disk?

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From: Chaz Larson
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1990 15:04

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In article <7456@tank.uchicago.edu> (Walter C3arlip) writes:
>Well, maybe not . . . Here's a related question: Is there a utility that
>will tell me what interleaving a disk that is already formated has?  I.e.,
>can I check whether the manufacturer formated my new disk correctly for my
>configuration?
>

It is my experience that most HD formatting software will report the 
interleave in use for a particular drive when run.  If you boot off the
"utilities" or whatever disk that came with the HD, then proceed as if
you were going to re-format it, it should report to you the interleave
factor.  It may be buried in some dialog somewhere, perhaps under a menu
like "Drive Parameters," but it should be there.  I know that Rodime,
UniMac, Crate, and GigaCell software all have this feature; I would consider
it very likely that yours does, as well.

<chaz>

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From: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson)
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Subject: Re: How do I determine the interleaving of an already formated disk?
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