Epson 486SX User Manual page 148

For an Epson hard disk drive, it is best to accept the
recommended skewed sector (also called the
factor)
more efficiently. For other hard disk drives, you may need
to change this value if the documentation that came with
the disk recommends a different number.
To accept the default, select Y. Then go to step 3.
To enter a new value, select N. You see the following prompt:
Enter new skewed sectors in
format
Enter the recommended number (from 1 through 16) which
equals the maximum sector number for the drive minus 1.
Then press [Enter.
3. Next you see this prompt:
Accept recommended skewed sectors per
head in format : 0 ? (Y/N)
For an Epson hard disk drive, accept the recommended value
of 0. For another type of drive, use the value recommended
in the documentation for the drive.
To accept the default, select
To enter a new value, select N. You see the following prompt:
Enter new skewed sectors per head
in format (0-16):
Enter the recommended number (from 0 through 16) which
equals the maximum sector number for the drive minus 1.
Then press IEnter
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of 1 since this setting allows your drive to perform
(1-16):
.
Y
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