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5.4.2. MIF Removing
(1)
Make sure the power is off before removing.
(2)
As they are firmly attached, you can swing gent
NOT PULL IT OFF
FORECE.
5.5. IDE Device Setup / Auto-Detection
Most BIOSes have an entry in the Standard Setup menu for each of the four IDE/ATA devices supported in a
system (primary master, primary slave, secondary master, and secondary slave). For each one, you can enter
a value for each setting in this sectio
Dynamic IDE Auto-Detection:
This is the fully automatic mode. You set one or more of the IDE devices
(primary master, primary slave, etc.) on "Auto" and the BIOS will automatically re-detect and set the
correct options for the drive each time you boot the PC. The BIOS will usually display on the screen what
device it finds each time it auto-detects. For most people, this is the best way to go; it ensures that your
BIOS always has the correct information about your hardware, and it removes any possibility of you
installing a new drive but forgetting to set up the CMOS properly, or of changing a parameter by mistake
in the setup program. Not all BIOSes offer this setting but most newer ones do.
Manual IDE Auto-Detection:
This type of Auto-Detection is run from the BIOS setup program. You
select Auto-Detection, and the BIOS will scan the IDE channels, and set the IDE parameters based on
the devices it finds. When you save the BIOS settings, they are recorded permanently. The
disadvantage of this is that if you chang
he BIOS to re-auto-detect the new
devices (unlike the dynamic Auto-Detection scheme, which does a fresh Auto-Detection each time you
boot the PC). Virtually every BIOS created in the last 8 to 10 years offers manual Auto-Detection.
ual Auto-Detection will
not
lock the individual settings; they auto-detect, set the settings, and then let you change them if you want to. In
u will not want to change what the BIOS detects.
n for IDE/ATA devices is
strongly
recommended. It is the best way to reduce the
hances of disk errors due to incorrect BIOS settings. It also provides immediate feedback of problems; if you
can't auto-detect a drive from the BIOS, you know you have a problem even before you try to boot up.
rimary partition on the MIF on the system,
nd then format a file system on that partition. The Fdisk tool is an MS-DOS-based tool that you can use to
y current partitions
the MIF, and then each allocated space on the MIF (primary partition, extended partition, or logical drive) is
assigned a drive letter. Disk 1 may contain one extended partition, and a second MIF may contain a primary or
extended partition. An extended partition may contain one or more logical MS-DOS drives.
ly a few times to remove. DO
n (type, size, cylinders, etc.).
Virtually all BIOSes now come with IDE device Auto-Detection. This comes in two forms:
e devices, you must return to t
When you use dynamic Auto-Detection, the BIOS will normally "lock" the individual device settings that are
being automatically set by the BIOS at boot time. Most systems that provide man
most cases of course, yo
Most BIOSes that allow dynamic Auto-Detection also allow manual Auto-Detection; the choice is yours. Using
some sort of Auto-Detectio
c
5.6. Partition & Format
Before you install your operating system, you must first create a p
a
prepare (partition) the MIF. You can use the Fdisk tool to create, change, delete, or displa
on
