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NSA 3111 User Manual
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
Access Mode
For hard drives larger than 528MB, you would typically select the LBA
type. Certain operating systems require that you select CHS or Large.
Please check your operating system’s manual or Help desk on which
one to select.
Capacity
Displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive. Usually the size
is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk
checking program.
Cylinder
This field displays the number of cylinders.
Head
This field displays the number of read/write heads.
Precomp
This field displays the number of cylinders at which to change the
write timing.
Landing Zone
This field displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing
zone for the read/write heads.
Sector
This field displays the number sectors per track.
Video
This field selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system
monitor. Although secondary monitors are supported, you do not have to
select the type. The default setting is EGA/VGA.
EGA/VGA
Enhanced Graphics Adapter/Video Graphics Array. For EGA, VGA,
SVGA and PGA monitor adapters.
CGA 40
Color Graphics Adapter. Power up in 40-column mode.
CGA 80
Color Graphics Adapter. Power up in 80-column mode.
Mono
Monochrome adapter. Includes high resolution monochrome adapt-
ers.
Halt On
This field determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected
during power up. The default setting is All Errors.
No Errors
The system boot will not stop for any errors detected.
All Errors
The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal er-
ror.
All, But Keyboard
The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error; it will stop for all
other errors.
