Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!ames!amdahl!bungia!meccts!meccsd!mvs From: mvs@meccsd.MECC.MN.ORG (Michael V. Stein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Comments on GS/OS Message-ID: <1023@meccsd.MECC.MN.ORG> Date: 29 Sep 88 01:58:06 GMT References: <6230017@hpindda.HP.COM> Reply-To: mvs@meccsd.UUCP (Michael V. Stein) Organization: Minn. Educ. Comp. Corp. Lines: 11 In article <6230017@hpindda.HP.COM> tribby@hpindda.HP.COM (David Tribby) writes: >...I am *real* curious about one aspect: what is the difference >between formatting a 3.5 disk as "800K 2:1" and "800K 4:1"? The "2:1" and "4:1" refer to the interleave to use on the disk. When using the platinum drives under GS/OS _always_ use the "2:1" interleave. When using the unidisk, always use "4:1" interleave. -- Michael V. Stein - Minnesota Educational Computing Corp. - Technical Services {bungia,uiucdcs,umn-cs}!meccts!mvs or mvs@mecc.MN.ORG