Computer Setup—Storage

NOTE: Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware configuration.

Table 3-3Computer Setup—Storage

Option

Description

 

 

Device

Lists all installed BIOS-controlled storage devices.

Configuration

When a device is selected, detailed information and options are displayed. The following options

 

 

may be presented:

 

Hard Disk: Size, model, firmware, serial number, connector color, SMART, emulation type.

 

Emulation type has the following choices:

 

● None (prevents BIOS data accesses and disables it as a boot device)

 

● Hard Disk (treated as a hard disk)

 

Translation Mode (ATA disks only)

 

Lets you select the translation mode to be used for the device. This enables the BIOS to access disks

 

partitioned and formatted on other systems and may be necessary for users of older versions of

 

UNIX (e.g., SCO UNIX version 3.2). Options are Automatic, Bit-Shift, LBA Assisted, User, and Off.

 

User mode allows you to specify the parameters (logical cylinders, heads, and sectors per track)

 

used by the BIOS to translate disk I/O requests (from the operating system or an application) into

 

terms the hard drive can accept. Logical cylinders may not exceed 1024. The number of heads may

 

not exceed 256. The number of sectors per track may not exceed 63. These fields are only visible

 

and changeable when the drive translation mode is set to User.

 

CAUTION: Ordinarily, the translation mode selected automatically by the BIOS should not be

 

changed. If the selected translation mode is not compatible with the translation mode that was

 

active when the disk was partitioned and formatted, the data on the disk will be inaccessible.

 

CD-ROM: Model, firmware, serial number, connector color. No emulation options available.

 

Default Values (ATA disks only)

 

SATA Defaults

 

Translation Mode (ATA disks only)

 

Lets you select the translation mode to be used for the device. This enables the BIOS to access disks

 

partitioned and formatted on other systems and may be necessary for users of older versions of

 

UNIX (e.g., SCO UNIX version 3.2). Options are Automatic, Bit-Shift, LBA Assisted, User, and Off.

 

User mode allows you to specify the parameters (logical cylinders, heads, and sectors per track)

 

used by the BIOS to translate disk I/O requests (from the operating system or an application) into

 

terms the hard drive can accept. Logical cylinders may not exceed 1024. The number of heads may

 

not exceed 256. The number of sectors per track may not exceed 63. These fields are only visible

 

and changeable when the drive translation mode is set to User.

 

CAUTION: Ordinarily, the translation mode selected automatically by the BIOS should not be

 

changed. If the selected translation mode is not compatible with the translation mode that was

 

active when the disk was partitioned and formatted, the data on the disk will be inaccessible.

 

 

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