Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cica!iuvax!rutgers!umn-d-ub!cs.umn.edu!ux.acs!clarson From: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: How do I determine the interleaving of an already formated disk? Message-ID: <1064@ux.acs.umn.edu> Date: 5 Feb 90 15:04:17 GMT References: <7009@yunexus.UUCP> <30@newave.UUCP> <7456@tank.uchicago.edu> Reply-To: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson) Distribution: na Organization: University of Minnesota, ACSS Lines: 25 In article <7456@tank.uchicago.edu> (Walter C3arlip) writes: >Well, maybe not . . . Here's a related question: Is there a utility that >will tell me what interleaving a disk that is already formated has? I.e., >can I check whether the manufacturer formated my new disk correctly for my >configuration? > It is my experience that most HD formatting software will report the interleave in use for a particular drive when run. If you boot off the "utilities" or whatever disk that came with the HD, then proceed as if you were going to re-format it, it should report to you the interleave factor. It may be buried in some dialog somewhere, perhaps under a menu like "Drive Parameters," but it should be there. I know that Rodime, UniMac, Crate, and GigaCell software all have this feature; I would consider it very likely that yours does, as well. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chaz Larson - clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu "Hey, I'm no Jack Kennedy..." - Flaming Carrot ----------------------------------------------------------------------