NEC POWERMATE 2000, Service And Reference Manual

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2-10 System Configuration
Main Menu Items
Menu Item Settings (default is bold)
Type User, Auto, None, CD-ROM, IDE/ATAPI Removable
When set to Auto, the values for Cylinders, Heads, Sectors,
and Maximum Capacity are displayed but are read only.
When set to Auto, the BIOS detects what the drive is capable
of, not the translation mechanism that was used to format the
drive. If a drive is run in a mode other than the mode in which
it was partitioned and formatted, unpredictable results may
occur, including data loss.
When set to None, informs the system to ignore this drive.
When set to CD-ROM or IDE/ATAPI Removable, allows the
manual entry of all fields described next.
When set to User, allows the manual entry of all fields
described next.
CHS Format (label field
only)
Cylinders When Type is Auto, value in the Cylinders field is auto-
detected and field is read only.
Heads When Type is Auto, value in Heads field is auto-detected and
field is read only.
Sectors When Type is Auto, value in Sectors field is auto-detected and
field is read only.
Maximum Capacity 6007 MB
LBA Format (label field
only)
Total Sectors 11733120 total sectors
Maximum Capacity 6007 MB
Multi-Sector Transfers Disabled, 2, 4, 8, 16 sectors
Determines the number of sectors per block for multi-sector
transfers.
When Type is Auto, value in Multi-Sector Transfers field is
auto-detected and field is read only.
LBA Mode Control
Enabled, Disabled
When Enabled is selected, it causes logical block addressing
to be used in place of cylinders, heads, and sectors.
When Type is set to Auto, the value in the LBA Mode field is
auto-detected and the field is read only.
32-Bit I/O Disabled, Enabled
When Enabled, allows 32 bit data transfers.