
Computer Setup—Storage
NOTE: Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware configuration.
Table 3-2 Computer Setup—Storage
Option | Description |
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Device Configuration | Lists all installed |
| 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, translation mode. |
| Translation mode 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, |
| Assisted, User, and None. |
| 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. |
| Translation parameters (ATA disks only; this feature appears only when User translation mode |
| is selected.): 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. |
| Default Values: Allows you to specify the default values for the Multisector Transfers, Transfer |
| Mode, and Translation Mode for ATA devices. |
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Storage Options | Removable Media Boot |
| Enables/disables ability to boot the system from removable media. Default is enable. |
| SATA Emulation |
| Allows you to choose how the SATA controller and devices are accessed by the operating |
| system. There are two supported options: AHCI and IDE. |
| AHCI (default option) - Allows operating systems with AHCI device drivers loaded to take |
| advantage of more advanced features of the SATA controller. |
| IDE - This is the most |
| do not require additional driver support in IDE mode. |
| NOTE: The AHCI device driver must be installed prior to attempting to boot from an AHCI |
| volume. If you attempt to boot from an AHCI volume without the required device driver installed, |
| the system will crash (blue screen). |
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