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Bios Settings
Chapter 4
Network Application Platforms
Primary /Secondary IDE Master and Slave Sub Menu
From the IDE Configuration screen, press <Enter> to
access the sub menu for the primary/secondary IDE
master and slave drives. Use this screen to select options
for the Primary and Secondary IDE drives. Use the up and
down <Arrow> keys to select an item. Use the <Plus> and
<Minus> keys to change the value of the selected option.
The settings are described on the following pages. The
screen for the Primary IDE Master is shown at the right.
Type
This option sets the type of device that the AMIBIOS
attempts to boot from after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST)
has completed.
Option
Description
Not Installed Set this value to prevent the BIOS from
searching for an IDE disk drive on the specified
channel.
Auto
Set this value to allow the BIOS to automatically
detect the IDE disk drive type attached to the
specified channel. This setting should be used
if an IDE hard disk drive is attached to the
specified channel. This is the default setting.
CDROM
This option specifies that an IDE CD-ROM drive
is attached to the specified IDE channel. The
BIOS will not attempt to search for other types
of IDE disk drives on the specified channe.
ARMD
This option specifies an ATAPI Removable
Media Device.
This includes, but is not limited to:
• ZIP
• LS-120
LBA/Large Mode
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method of addressing
data on a disk drive.
Option
Description
Disabled
Set this value to prevent the BIOS from using
Large Block Addressing mode control on the
specified channel.
Auto
Set this value to allow the BIOS to automatically
detect the Large Block Addressing mode control
on the specified channel. This is the default
setting.
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)
This option sets the block mode multi sector transfers
option.
