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From: stevej@synopsys.synopsys.com (Steven Jukoff)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: SCO UNIX BOOT :sfmt  for ESDI drive
Keywords: esdi unix boot sfmt low-level format
Message-ID: <519@synopsys.COM>
Date: 29 May 90 18:59:56 GMT
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Organization: Synopsys Inc., Mountain View, Ca
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In SCO UNIX v3.2 I do an "sfmt" on my ESDI disk and eventually it asks me for
skew as in:

Boot
: sfmt

.
.
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skew [0-15]? 1
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.

I don't know if this is disk skew or head skew or cylinder skew, etc.
What does skew mean and what is the correct answer?

Hardware: SMS OMTI 8620 controller board attached to a Micropolis 1355.

Both SCO and MICROPOLIS claim they do not use skew, so what's the answer?
And what is the penalty for being wrong?

Steven Jukoff,             Phone: (415)962-5407
Synopsys, Inc.             FAX:   (415)965-8637
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