Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!rayssd!sud509!heiser@tdw201.ed.ray.com From: heiser@tdw201.ed.ray.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: HD controller low-level format program Message-ID: <2143@sud509.ed.ray.com> Date: 17 Aug 90 15:32:24 GMT References: <778@ria.ccs.uwo.ca> <1990Aug16.185942.9612@sj.ate.slb.com> Sender: heiser@sud509.ed.ray.com (Bill Heiser - Unix Sys Admin @ Raytheon Company, Sudbury MA) Organization: Raytheon Company, Sudbury MA Lines: 24 In article <1990Aug16.185942.9612@sj.ate.slb.com> poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes: >I believe you will find this very vendor dependent. My Adaptec AHA1542B starts >at c800:6, and it has prompts for various things (including interleave.) > hmmm.. I just installed an Adaptec 1542B and a CDC Wren IV in my system last night, and when I formatted the drive, the only question it asked me was "interleave (default:0)". I entered 0, and away it went, and formatted the drive. I wonder why it didn't ask me anything else? Is "0" the correct value to use for interleave? This setup is running on a 386/25 with 8mb of ram, and will be used to run Esix. -- Bill Heiser Work: heiser@tdw201.ed.ray.com {decuac,necntc,uunet}!rayssd!tdw201!heiser Home: Bill.Heiser@f240.n322.z1.fidonet.org (Fidonet 1:322/240) The Think_Tank BBS (508)655-3848 1200/2400/9600-HST Other: 75106.2332@compuserve.com Other: heiser@world.std.com (Public Access Unix)