User Manual Desktop PC Equity 286 PLUS

Hard disk drive types (continued)
Defining your own drive type
if the parameters listed for your hard disk (in the documentation
that came with it) do not match any of the types listed in the
table above, you can define your own type using the SETUP
program. Follow these steps:
1. With the cursor at the Hard disk type option,press
Page Up or Page Down to scroll through the types until
you come to 47 = USER TYPE.
2. Use the numeric keys to enter the appropriate values for the
parameters listed:
Cyln Head WPcom LZone Set Size
Cyln = the number of cylinders on the disk.
Head = the number of read/write heads in the drive.
WPcom = the precompensation cylinder.
LZone = the landing zone (the area on which the computer
parks the heads when you run the HDSIT program).
Set = the number of sectors on the disk.
Size = the total amount of storage capacity for the disk.
Running the Setup Program
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