IDE Primary Master: Options None, Auto and 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!
Access Mode: Options CHS, LBA, Large and Auto
Choose the access mode for this hard disk
Capacity: Options 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
The following options are selectable only if the ‘IDE Primary Master’ item is set to “Manual”
Cylinder: Options Min = 0, Max = 65535
Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk.
Head: Options Min = 0, Max = 255
Set the number of read/write heads
Precomp: Options Min = 0, Max = 65535
**** Warning: Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk
Landing zone: Options Min = 0, Max = 65535
Sector: Options Min = 0, Max = 255
Number of sectors per track
38 • BIOS Setup