Press <Enter> to enter the submenu of detailed options, the following table shows the
IDE primary master submenu.
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IDE Primary Master
IDE H DD Auto-Detection
Press Enter
Item Help
IDE Primary Master
Access Mode
Auto
Auto
Menu Level
!
Change the day, month, year
and century
Capacity
3249MB
Cylinder
Head
Precomp
Landing Zone
Sector
6296
16
65535
6295
63
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: Move Enter: Select
F5 : Previous Values
+/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save
F6 : Fail-s afe defaults
Esc:Exit F1: General H elp
F7 : O ptimized Defaults
IDE HDD Auto-detection
Press Enter to auto - detect the HDD on the channel. If detection is successful, it fills
the remaining feilds on the menu.
IDE Primary Master
Selecting manual lets you set the remaining fields on the screen. Selects the type of
fixed disk. User Type will let you select the number of cylinders, heads, etc.
Note:
Note:
Note:
Note:
Note:
PRECOMP=65535 means NONE!
The optional are: None,
Auto (Default)
, Manual
The following options are selectable only
if the 'IDE Primary Master'
item is set to 'Manual':
Cylinder
Min = 0
Max = 65535
Set the number of cylinders for this
hard disk.
Head
Min = 0
Max = 255
Set the number of read/write heads
Precomp
Min = 0
Max = 65535
Warning: Setting a value of 65535
means no hard disk
Landing zone
Min = 0
Max = 65535
Sector
Min = 0
Max = 255
Number of sectors per track
3-4
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