Date   : Fri, 29 Mar 1991 15:56:04 GMT
From   : agate!bionet!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex!roadhog@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Lindsay Haisley)
Subject: CP/M Sector Interleave

Can anyone suggest a method or program to me by which I might optimize the
sector interleave on a hard drive on a CP/M machine?  I have recently 
installed a Seagate ST-125 (20 meg) hd in my Kaypro 10 and although the 
drive is speedy, the system seems to run quite sluggishly.  The format
program (ADVFMT.COM) allows a choice of interleaves, however I'm reluctant
to back off and reformat the drive (a job of several hours) until I know
the correct value.  
 
I would also appreciate help from anyone who can give me precice definitions 
of the terms skew and interleave.  I was under the impression that these 
terms were the same, referring to the physical spacing between succcessive 
logical sectors needed to optimize access times, however some of my recent
reading has led me to believe that these terms are not interchangable.


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