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Other drive configuration options
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   This subsection lists per drive configuration options, which don't
fit in any other category.  They are available only to the superuser:

`--tracks  MAX-TRACKS'
     Set the maximal numbers of physical tracks that this drive may
     handle. If you have a drive which is only able to handle 80 tracks
     (making strange noises when you try to format or read a disk with
     more than 80 tracks), use this option to prevent unprivileged
     users of damaging your drive by repeatedly reading disks with more
     than 80 tracks.

     If you trust your users and your disks, you don't need this. With
     most drives you don't need to worry anyways. Note: More
     cylinders for details.

`-i SECTOR-INTERLEAVE'
`--interleave SECTOR-INTERLEAVE'
     Set the number of sectors beyond which sector interleaving will be
     used.  This option will only be used by the `FDFMTTRK' ioctl.  The
     `fdformat' command, which is now considered obsolete, uses
     `FDFMTTRK' ioctl, but `superformat' does not.