Hard Disk
●
None (prevents BIOS data accesses and disables it as a boot device).
●
Hard Disk (treated as hard disk).
Multisector Transfers
(ATA disks only)
Specifies how many sectors are transferred per multi-sector PIO operation. Options (subject to
device capabilities) are Disabled, 8, and 16.
Translation Mode
(ATA disks only)
Lets you select the translation mode to be used for the device. This enables the BIOS to access
disks partitioned and formatted on other systems and may be necessary for users of older versions
of UNIX (e.g., SCO UNIX version 3.2). Options are Automatic, Bit-Shift, LBA Assisted, User, and
None.
CAUTION:
Ordinarily, the translation mode selected automatically by the BIOS should not be
changed. If the selected translation mode is not compatible with the translation mode that was active
when the disk was partitioned and formatted, the data on the disk will be inaccessible.
Default Values IDE/SATA
Allows you to specify the default values for the Multisector Transfers, Transfer Mode, and Translation
Mode for ATA devices.
Translation Parameters
(ATA disks only)
NOTE:
This feature appears only when User translation mode is selected.
Allows you to specify the parameters (logical cylinders, heads, and sectors per track) used by the
BIOS to translate disk I/O requests (from the operating system or an application) into terms the hard
drive can accept. Logical cylinders may not exceed 1024. The number of heads may not exceed
256. The number of sectors per track may not exceed 63. These fields are only visible and
changeable when the drive translation mode is set to User.
Storage Options
Removable Media Boot
Enables/disables ability to boot the system from removable media.
BIOS DMA Data Transfers
Allows you to control how BIOS disk I/O requests are serviced. When Enable is selected, the BIOS
will service ATA disk read and write requests with DMA data transfers. When
Disable
is selected,
the BIOS will service ATA disk read and write requests with PIO data transfers.
SATA Emulation
Allows you to select either legacy mode IDE or native mode IDE.
DPS Self-Test
Allows you to execute self-tests on ATA hard drives capable of performing the Drive Protection
System (DPS) self-tests.
NOTE:
This selection will only appear when at least one drive capable of performing the DPS self-
tests is attached to the system.
Boot Order
Allows you to:
●
Specify the order in which attached devices (such as a USB flash media device, diskette drive,
hard drive, optical drive, or network interface card) are checked for a bootable operating system
image. Each device on the list may be individually excluded from or included for consideration
as a bootable operating system source.
●
Specify the order of attached hard drives. The first hard drive in the order will have priority in
the boot sequence and will be recognized as drive C (if any devices are attached).
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