Computer Setup—Storage

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

Table 2-3Computer 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:

 

CD-ROM: model, firmware version, serial number.

 

Hard Disk: Size, model, firmware version, serial number.

 

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.

 

Available only when the drive translation mode is set to User, 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.

 

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.

 

Diskette: Model and firmware version.

 

NOTE: Displays for USB diskette drives.

 

 

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