SCO UNIX BOOT :sfmt for ESDI drive
Steven Jukoff
stevej at synopsys.synopsys.com
Wed May 30 04:59:56 AEST 1990
In SCO UNIX v3.2 I do an "sfmt" on my ESDI disk and eventually it asks me for
skew as in:
Boot
: sfmt
.
.
.
skew [0-15]? 1
.
.
.
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
Synopsys, Inc. FAX: (415)965-8637
1098 Alta Ave DDN: stevej at synopsys.com
Mountain View, CA 94043 UUCP: ..!uunet!fernwood!synopsys!stevej
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