SCO UNIX BOOT :sfmt for ESDI drive

[Steven Jukoff]

In SCO UNIX v3.2 I do an "sfmt" on my ESDI disk and eventually it asks me for
skew as in:

Boot
: sfmt

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skew [0-15]? 1
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I don't know if this is disk skew or head skew or cylinder skew, etc.
What does skew mean and what is the correct answer?

Hardware: SMS OMTI 8620 controller board attached to a Micropolis 1355.

Both SCO and MICROPOLIS claim they do not use skew, so what's the answer?
And what is the penalty for being wrong?

Steven Jukoff,             Phone: (415)962-5407
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