QDI P6I440LX/L6, Manual

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Chapter 3
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Select Primary Master Option (N=Skip): N
OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
2(Y) 541 525 32 0 1049 67 LBA
1 541 1050 16 65535 1049 63 NORMAL
3 541 525 32 65535 1049 63 LARGE
Note: Some OSes (like SCO-UNIX) must use
“ N
ORMAL” for installation
Figure-10 IDE HDD Auto Detection Menu
1. Setup Changes
With auto-detection
✦
BIOS setup will display all possible modes supported by the HDD
including NORMAL, LBA and LARGE.
✦
If HDD does not support LBA modes, no
“ L
BA” option will be shown.
✦
If the number of physical cylinders are less than or equal to 1024,
“ L
ARGE” option may not be shown.
✦
Users can select their appropriate mode.
With Standard CMOS Setup
CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LAND SECTOR MODE
ZONE
Drive C: User(516MB) 1120 16 65535 1119 59 Normal
Drive D: None(203MB) 684 16 65535 685 38 ---------
When the HDD type is set as the
“ u
ser” type, the
“ M
ODE” option will
be opened for users to select their own HDD mode.
2. HDD Modes
The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes: NORMAL, LBA and LARGE,
also Auto detect.
NORMAL
Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller
will make any transformation during accessing. The maximum number
of cylinders, heads and sectors for NORMAL mode are 1024,16 and
63.
If the user sets his HDD to NORMAL mode, the maximum accessible
HDD size will be 528 megabytes even though its physical size may be
greater than that.
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode
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