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IDE Interface Configuration

Use Setup to specify your IDE hard disk drive types. See the Setup section beginning on page 2-48
for details.
If you do not find a drive type whose displayed parameters match the drive you are using, use drive
type USER. It allows you to manually enter the drive’s parameter s. The driv e man ufactu rer
provides the drive parameters—check the drive’s documentation for the proper values to enter.
If you are using a newer IDE drive, use drive type AUTO. It automatically configure s the driv e
type parameters from information provided by the drive itself.
CompactFlash Solid-State Disk
The Little Board P6d system supports a CompactFlash device, a solid -state I DE har d-disk e mulato r.
It acts as a removable hard-disk drive. You can format, read, and write the CompactFlash device
much as you would any standard IDE drive.

Enabling the Drive

The CompactFlash interface emulates an IDE drive to the operating system. However, the
CompactFlash interface takes up one of the positions of the primary IDE drive controller.
Note
If you use the CompactFlash interface, you can only add one
additional hard drive to the primary IDE controller.

Master/Slave Setting

The CompactFlash interface can be configured to emulate a master or slave IDE device in the
system.
To configure the drive as master, install a jumper on W1.
To configure the drive as slave, remove the jumper on W1.
Note
The IDE drive attached to the primary IDE controller must have the
opposite setting.

Solid-State Disk Preparation

To prepare CompactFlash device for use in the system, insert the device. Boot the system and
prepare the drive just as you would a new IDE drive. That is, use the D OS FDISK utility to se t up
one or more partitions, and then use the DOS FORMAT utility to format the drive.
A CompactFlash device, properly formatted and programmed, can be used as a boot drive. To do so,
you must configure the drive to be master by installing a jumper on W1. First FD ISK the d evice as
a primary DOS partition, then format the drive using the /S option to include the DOS operating
system.