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From: singer@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Matthew R. Singer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Hard Disk Format
Message-ID: <613@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 30-Jul-87 14:22:27 EDT
Article-I.D.: xn.613
Posted: Thu Jul 30 14:22:27 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 1-Aug-87 10:06:02 EDT
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
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Keywords: PCSG 286 / Seagate ST 225


I've been using a PCSG Breakthru 286-8 card for about 7 months with
mixed results.  

1) It seems that using the MS C 4.0 compiler turns off the
   caching ramdomly.

2) The board seems to lock up alot. (my be due to my using it in
   a PC and not an XT with a full compliment of cards???)

3) I'm at a loss as what interleave to use on the hard disk. I'm
   using a Seagate ST225 at its default 1:3, and with this,
   it seems to take forever to load in each pass of the compiler.

   Recently, messages have been posted saying 1:4 works well
   with the ST-225 when used on an 8086 machine.  Any suggestions
   for use with my 8Mhz 286 card?