Chapter 2 AMIBIOS Setup
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AMIBIOS Main Menu Setup,
Continued
Floppy Drive A: and B
: Move the cursor to these fields via
↑
and
↓
and select the floppy type. The
settings are
360 KB 5¼ inch
,
1.2 MB 5¼ inch
,
720 KB 3½ inch
, or
1.44 MB 3½
inch.
Primary IDE Master, Primary IDE Slave, Secondary IDE Master, Secondary IDE Slave
Select one
of these hard disk drives to configure the hard disk drive named in the option.
Press <Enter> to autodetect. The settings for the drives are:
Setting
How to Configure
1 – 46
Predefined
types
If you are configuring an old MFM drive and you
know the drive type, select the correct drive type
between 1 – 46.
USER:
Enter
parameters
manually
If you are installing an old MFM drive and you do
not know the drive type or the drive parameters do
not match the drive parameters for types 1 – 46, enter
the correct hard disk drive parameters.
AUTO:
Set parameters
automatically
on each boot
Select
Auto
to let AMIBIOS determine the
parameters. Click on OK when AMIBIOS displays the
drive parameters. You can also change these
parameters if you do not think AMIBIOS detected the
drive parameters correctly or if you want to enable an
enhanced IDE feature. You can modify these
parameters as follows:
Select
LBA/Large Mode
. Select
On
if the drive has a
capacity greater than 540 MB.
Select
Block Mode
. Select
On
to allow block mode
data transfers.
Select
32-Bit Mode
. Select
On
to allow 32-bit data
transfers.
Select the
PIO Mode
. It is best to select
Auto
to allow
AMIBIOS to determine the PIO mode. If you select a
PIO mode that is not supported by the IDE drive, the
drive will not work properly. If you are absolutely
certain that you know the drive’s PIO mode, select
PIO mode 0 - 5, as appropriate.
CDROM:
Use for ATAPI
CDROM drives
Select
CDROM
if configuring an ATAPI drive.
AMIBIOS displays the drive parameters.
ARMD:
Use for LS120,
MO, Iomega
Zip drives
Select this setting if you are configuring an LS120,
MO (Magneto-Optical), or Iomega Zip drive.
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