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Chapter 3
BIOS Configuration
The following is a brief explanation of drive specifications:
Type:
The BIOS contains a table of pre-defined drive types. Each defined
drive type has a specified number of cylinders, number of heads,
write precompensation factor, landing zone, and number of sectors.
Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any pre-defined
type are classified as type user.
Size:
Disk drive capacity (approximate). Note that this size is usually
slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk-
checking program.
Cyls:
Number of cylinders
Head:
Number of heads
Precomp:
Write precompensation cylinder
Landz:
Landing zone
Sector:
Number of sectors
Access Mode:
Auto, Normal, large, or LBA
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