Panel PC USER’S MANUAL
Intel Platform, High Performance PPC
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4.5.1.2 IDE Adapters
The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu to configure
each hard disk drive.
Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu. Use
Table 5.3 to configure the hard disk.
Table 4.3 Hard Disk Selection
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
your
disk drive
size
Disk drive capacity (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
