Epson 486SX User's Guide download pdf (Page 148)

For an Epson hard disk drive, it is best to accept the

recommended skewed sector (also called the

interleave

factor)

of 1 since this setting allows your drive to perform

more efficiently. For other hard disk drives, you may need

to change this value if the documentation that came with

the disk recommends a different number.

To accept the default, select

Then go to step 3.

To enter a new value, select

You see the following prompt:

Enter new skewed sectors in

format

(1-16):

Enter the recommended number (from 1 through 16) which

equals the maximum sector number for the drive minus 1.

Then press [Enter.

Next you see this prompt:

Accept recommended skewed sectors per

head in format : 0 ? (Y/N)

For an Epson hard disk drive, accept the recommended value

of 0. For another type of drive, use the value recommended

in the documentation for the drive.

To accept the default, select

To enter a new value, select

You see the following prompt:

Enter new skewed sectors per head

in format (0-16):

Enter the recommended number (from 0 through 16) which

equals the maximum sector number for the drive minus 1.

Then press

IEnter

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