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Defining Your Own Drive Type, available options.

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Defining Your Own Drive Type If the parameters for your hard disk (listed in its documentation) do not match any of the types listed in the table above, you can define your own type. Follow these steps: 1. With the cursor on the drive you are defining, press I-1 until you come to drive type 48 or 49. 2. Press 17) to move the cursor into the parameter fields. 3. Type in the appropriate values from the table below for these parameters or press m or I-1 to scroll through the available options. Drive type options Heading CYLS HEADS Description I The number of cylinders on the drive The number of read/write heads in the drive 1 SECTORS The number of sectors on the drive PRECOMP The precompensation cylinder LANDZONE The landing zone (the area on which the computer parks the heads when you run the HDSIT program) Press [T) after typing each number. Check your drive documentation for the correct value if the SETUP program does not accept a value you've typed. SETUP provides the hard disk size based on the other values you entered. 2-14 Running the SETUP Program

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Defining Your Own Drive Type
If the parameters for your hard disk (listed in its
documentation) do not match any of the types listed in the table
above, you can define your own type. Follow these steps:
1.
With the cursor on the drive you are defining, press
I-1
until
you come to drive type 48 or 49.
2.
Press
17)
to move the cursor into the parameter fields.
3.
Type in the appropriate values from the table below for these
parameters or press
m
or
I-1
to scroll through the
available options.
Drive type options
Heading
Description
CYLS
I
The number of cylinders on the drive
HEADS
The number of read/write heads in the drive
1
SECTORS
The number of sectors on the drive
PRECOMP
The precompensation cylinder
LANDZONE
The landing zone (the area on which the computer
parks the heads when you run the HDSIT program)
Press
[T)
after typing each number. Check your drive
documentation for the correct value if the SETUP program
does
not
accept a value you’ve typed.
SETUP provides the hard disk size based on the other values
you entered.
2-14
Running the SETUP Program