Intel SC450NX - Server Platform - 0 MB RAM, Product Manual

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Primary Master and Slave Submenu
In the following table, the features other than “Type” appear only for Type Auto if a drive is
detected.
Table 9. Primary IDE Master and Slave Submenu
Feature Choices Description
Type Auto
None
CD-ROM
IDE Removable
ATAPI Removable
User Auto allows the system to attempt autodetection of the
drive type.
None informs the system to ignore this drive.
CD-ROM allows the manual entry of fields described
below.
User allows the manual entry of all fields described below.
Cylinders 1 to 2048 Number of Cylinders on Drive.
This field is changeable only for Type User.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.
Heads 1 to 16 Number of read/write heads on drive.
This field is available only for Type User.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.
Sectors 1 to 64 Number of sectors per track.
This field is available only for Type User.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.
Maximum Capacity
N/A
Computed size of drive from cylinders, heads, and sectors
entered.
This field is available only for Type User.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.
Multi-Sector Transfers Disabled
2, 4, 8, or 16
sectors Determines the number of sectors per block for multisector
transfers.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.
LBA Mode Control Disabled
Enabled Enabling LBA causes logical block addressing to be used
in place of cylinders, heads, and sectors.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.
32 Bit I/O Disabled
Enabled Enabling allows 32-bit IDE data transfers.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.
Transfer Mode Standard
Fast PIO 1
Fast PIO 2
Fast PIO 3
Fast PIO 4 Selects the method for moving data to and from the drive.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.
Ultra DMA Disabled
Enabled For use with Ultra DMA drives.
This field is information only for Type Auto.