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- From: poffen@rushmore (Russ Poffenberger)
- Subject: Re: Reformat HD when XT->AT?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.235955.23670@sj.ate.slb.com>
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- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 23:59:55 GMT
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- schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) writes:
- : In article <d8olsth.715815727@dtek.chalmers.se> d8olsth@dtek.chalmers.se (Thomas Olsson) writes:
- : >Do you have to make a low level format when you move a HD from a XT to an AT?
- :
- : Not as a rule.
- :
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- You will probably (if you are getting a new controller as well) want to
- optimize the interleave factor. The XT disk probably runs at 4 or 5:1, on the
- AT with a decent controller, 2:1 or better should be achievable.
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