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From: billkatt@sol.engin.umich.edu (Steve Bollinger)
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Subject: Re: Changing the interleave on hard disks
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Date: 16 Dec 88 19:51:00 GMT
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In article <6184@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> jg@ukc.ac.uk (J.Grant) writes:
>Now that I have progressed to rather faster hardware, I would like to
>reformat my hard disk with a smaller interleave factor, 2 down to 1.
>
>That said, I would like to be able to experiment (using something
>like SCSI evaluator - which works nicely with non-SCSI disks too BTW)
>with the interleave to achieve maximum performance.  
>
>What I suppose that I am looking for is the magic patch to
>Apple's HD SC Setup to change the number.
>
>Any ideas ?

No magic patch.  Just type command-I (for interleave) when you are at the
main dialog box.  It will prompt you for an interleave.

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