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Chapter 7: External drives
Description
The XE–900 SBC is compatible with any standard IDE hard drive that has a 16-bit
IDE interface. This includes CD-ROMs, CompactFlashes, and other IDE-
compatible drives. The BIOS supports all IDE devices so no additional software is
needed.
UltraDMA modes are not supported directly by the XE–900. These modes require
an 80-pin connector, and there is no adapter available for the 44-pin, 2mm IDE
connector used on the XE–900.
Note
The BIOS supports three IDE devices (which includes a CompactFlash).
Setup configurations for hard drives
Setup offers several configurations for a hard drive. The applicable selections are
Physical, LBA, and Phoenix.
A hard drive that is formatted on an XE–900 SBC will be recognized at boot;
however, a hard drive that is formatted on a host machine might not be recognized,
depending on the BIOS of the host machine. If the XE–900 will not boot from a
hard drive, change the configuration to Physical or Phoenix and reboot.
A hard drive that will be used as a boot device should be designated as drive C:,
both when it is loaded with an OS and when it is used to boot.
Hard disk controller
The XE–900 SBC supports three 16-bit IDE devices. Since the CompactFlash is
connected to the primary IDE channel with a dedicated IDE controller, additional
IDE devices connected through J4 will be secondary IDE devices (master and
slave).
Standard IDE devices such as hard drives and CD-ROM drives are interfaced via a
44-pin connector at J4. For those IDE devices that use a 40-pin interface, use the
Octagon Systems IDE cable, #4080 or #6246.
IDE combinations:
2 hard drives
1 hard drive and 1 CD-ROM drive
CompactFlash and either of the above combinations
Master/slave designation for IDE devices
IDE devices have a jumper or a switch that designates whether the device is a
master or a slave device. If only one device is connected to a channel, it must be
configured as a master. If two devices are connected, one must be configured as a
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