Physical Formatting - Everex Everdisk Owner's Manual And Reference Manual

Internal/external hard disk subsystem (xt compatible)
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3. Press [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[Del] to reboot the system; this will run
the EVEREXl.EXE file.
NOTE:
The
DOS
system
diskette
with
this
AUTOEXEC.BAT file must be run each time the system is
booted for the computer to access the hard disk drive.
6.2 Physical Formatting
1.
Boot up the system with the DOS system diskette in
drive A.
Then replace it with the EVERDISK utility
diskette and type:
DISK
[Enter]
2. From the DISK Main Menu, press the [F2] key, Physical
Format, to begin the physical formatting process.
3.
You will see the following menu fields:
Enter physical
disk number, Enter number of cylinders in disk, Enter number
of heads in disk, Enter disk interleave factor (1 to 9), and
Do disk media test after format
(YIN).
Use the up and
down cursor keys to move between the fields.
As the physical description of the hard disk drive is
determined by the SW1 settings on the EV-390/391/392
controller, you cannot adjust the total number of
cylinders and heads in the drive.
For the disk interleave factor, we suggest entering the
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