Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!srm From: srm@dimacs.rutgers.edu (Scott R. Myers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Choosing the optimum interleave factor Message-ID: Date: 27 Sep 90 18:37:13 GMT References: <1990Sep24.113019.9222@canterbury.ac.nz> <7165@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <769@accucx.cc.ruu.nl> Organization: Rutgers University Lines: 24 Okay I have something to add to this discussion. It's concerning interleave on IDE drives. Here goes the story... I read on the net how QEMM drivers can slow a system down which can have an effect on hard disk throughput. The fix: Change the interleave. Okay so what I did is ftp'd some interleave stuff from Simtel "iau" & "spintest". Well when I ran these programs they had problems determining my existing interleave. I kept getting messages concerning timing errors. Can anyone explain why this is happening. If the info I gave is vauge let me know and I'll try to post more detail. Thanx in advance. srm -- Scott R. Myers Snail: 26 Stiles Street Phone:(201)882-3100 Apartment 18 Elizabeth, NJ 07201 Arpa: srm@dimacs.rutgers.edu Uucp: ..!dimacs!srm "... No matter where you go, there you are ..."