IDE Adapters

Base/Extended/Total Memory

Theseitems are automatically detected by the system at start up time. These are display-only fields. You can't make change to these fields.

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The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub-menu to configure each hard disk drive.

IDE HDD Auto-Detection

Press <Enter> to auto-detect HDD on this channel. If detection is successful, it fills the remaining fields on this menu.

Press Enter

IDE Channel 0/1 Master/Slave

Selecting 'manual' lets you set the remaining fields on this screen and select the type of fixed disk. "User Type" will let you select the number of cylinders, heads, etc., Note: PRECOMP=65535 means NONE !

The choice: None, Auto, or Manual.

Access Mode

Choose the access mode for this hard disk.

The choice: CHS, LBA, Large, or Auto.

Capacity

Disk drive capacity (Approximated). Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking pro- gram.

Auto-Display your disk drive size.

The following options are selectable only if the 'IDE Primary Master' item is set to 'Manual', and Access mode set to CHS.

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