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Chapter 2: BIOS setup
IDE HDD Auto-Detection [Press Enter]
Allows auto-detection of the hard disk drive’s specifications.
IDE Channel 0 Master [Auto]
Sets the selected channel as Master.
Configuration options: [None] [Auto] [Manual]
Access Mode [Auto]
This item allows the user to select the sector addressing mode. Normal mode
supports 528 MB hard disks. LBA (logical block addressing) mode supports
hard disks up to 128 GB in size. Large mode (also called extended CHS mode)
supports hard disks above 528 MB in size, but does not support LBA mode.
Configuration options: [CHS] [LBA] [Large] [Auto]
Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive, make sure you have the
correct configuration information supplied by the drive manufacturer. Incorrect
settings may cause the system to fail to recognize the installed hard disk.
Capacity
Displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. This item is not configurable.
Cylinder
Shows the number of the hard disk cylinders. This item is not configurable.
Head
Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads. This item is not configurable.
Precomp
This item is not configurable.
Landing Zone
Shows the number of landing zone per track. This item is not configurable.
Sector
Shows the number of sectors per track. This item is not configurable.
After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS, use a disk utility,
such as FDISK, to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives. This is
necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk. Make sure to
set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to active.