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Advanced Options
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   Usually, superformat uses sensible default values for these options,
which you normally don't need to override.  They are intended for expert
users.  Most of them should only be needed in cases where the hardware
or superformat itself has bugs.

`-b BEGIN-TRACK'
`--begin_track  BEGIN-TRACK'
     Describes the track where to begin formatting.  This is useful if
     the previous formatting failed halfway through.  The default is 0.

`-e END-TRACK'
`--end_track END-TRACK'
     Describes where to stop formatting. END_TRACK is the last track to
     be formatted plus one. This is mainly useful for testing purposes.
     By default, this is the same as the total number of tracks.  When
     the formatting stops, the final skew is displayed (to be used as
     absolute skew when you'll continue).

`-S SIZECODE'
`--sizecode SIZECODE'
     Set the sector size to be used. The sector size is 128 * (2 ^
     SIZECODE).  Sector sizes below 512 bytes are not supported, thus
     sizecode must be at least 2. By default 512 is assumed, unless you
     ask for more sectors than would fit with 512 bytes.

`--stretch STRETCH'
     Set the stretch factor. The stretch factor describes how many
     physical tracks to skip to get to the next logical track (2 ^
     STRETCH).  On double density 5 1/4 disks, the tracks are further
     apart from each other.

`-G FMT-GAP'
`--format_gap FMT-GAP'
     Set the formatting gap. The formatting gap tells how far the
     sectors are away from each other. By default, this is chosen so as
     to evenly distribute the sectors along the track.

`-F FINAL-GAP'
`--final_gap FINAL-GAP'
     Set the formatting gap to be used after the last sector.

`-i INTERLEAVE'
`--interleave INTERLEAVE'
     Set the sector interleave factor.

`-c CHUNKSIZE'
`--chunksize CHUNKSIZE'
     Set the size of the chunks. The chunks are small auxiliary sectors
     used during formatting. They are used to handle heterogeneous
     sector sizes (i.e. not all sectors have the same size) and negative
     formatting gaps.

`--biggest-last'
     For MSS formats, make sure that the biggest sector is last on the
     track.  This makes the format more reliable on drives which are
     out of spec.