Installation
Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT
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Table 3-4
Logical Addressing Format
Note:
*Capacity may be restricted to 8.4GB (or less) due to system
BIOS limitations. Check with your system manufacturer to de-
termine if your BIOS supports LBA Mode for hard drives greater
than 8.4GB. Default logical cylinders is limited to 16,383 as per
the ATA-4 specifications.To match the logical specifications of
the drive to the drive type of a particular BIOS, consult the sys-
tem’s drive-type table. This table specifies the number of cylin-
ders, heads, and sectors for a particular drive type.
You must choose a drive type that meets the following requirements:
For the MaXLine Plus II 250GB AT: Logical Cylinders x Logical Heads x Logical
Sectors/Track x 512 = 8,455,200,768
4.
Boot the system using the operating system installation disk—for example,
MS-DOS—then follow the installation instructions in the operating system
manual.
MODELS
INTERFACE
CYL
HD
SPT
MAX LBA
CAPACITY
7Y250M0
SATA 150
8 MB Buffer
486,344
16
63
490,234,752
250GB
7Y250P0
PATA/133
8 MB Buffer
486,344
16
63
490,234,752
250GB