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The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu
to configure each hard disk drive.
Figure 2 shows the IDE primary master sub menu.
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IDE Primary Master
IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press Enter
IDE Primary Master Auto 2557 MB
Access Mode
Auto
Cylinder
4956
Head
16
Precomp
0
Landing Zone
4955
Sector
63
Item Help
Menu Level
To auto-detect the HDD’s size,
head... on this channel
↑↓←→
Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults
Figure 2 IDE Primary Master sub menu
Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to
the main menu. Use Table 3 to configure the hard disk.
Item
Options
Description
IDE HDD Auto-
detection
Press Enter
Press Enter to auto-detect
the HDD on this channel. If
detection is successful, it
fills the remaining fields on
this menu.
IDE Primary Master
None
Auto
Manual
Selecting ‘manual’ lets you
set the remaining fields on
this screen. Selects the
type of fixed disk. "User
Type" will let you select the
number of cylinders, heads,
etc. Note:
PRECOMP=65535 means
NONE !
Capacity
Auto Display Disk
drive
capacity
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your disk drive
size
(Approximated). Note that
this size is usually slightly
greater than the size of a
formatted disk given by a
disk checking program.
Access Mode
Normal
LBA
Large
Auto
Choose the access mode
for this hard disk
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
Table 3 Hard disk selections
4.7 Advanced BIOS Features