Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ecn-pc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!ecn-pc!langet From: langet@ecn-pc.UUCP (Timothy Lange) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: hard disk interleave Message-ID: <488@ecn-pc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 15:36:08 EST Article-I.D.: ecn-pc.488 Posted: Thu Feb 27 15:36:08 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Feb-86 22:54:39 EST References: <1480@sdcsvax.UUCP> Reply-To: langet@ecn-pc.UUCP (Timothy Lange) Organization: Engineering Administration, Purdue University Lines: 10 The 10 Mbyte drives in the IBM PC/XT when shipped by IBM are formatted with 512 byte sectors at an interleave factor of 6 (17 sectors per track, 4 heads per cylinder). The above is from page 8-8 of the DOS Technical Manual. -- Tim Lange Engineering Business Offices 317-494-5338 Rm 120 Engineering Administration Bldg. Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907 {decvax|harpo|ihnp4|inuxc|seismo|ucbvax}!pur-ee!langet