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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 below table 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 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
Numbers of sectors per track.
