HP Microtower PC dx2200 4.8.1 Legacy Mode, 4.8 SATA BIOS, File, Type, Drive, System, Partition, Controller, Maximum Size, Operating System, Windows 2000 and XP

Serial and Parallel ATA Drive Guidelines and Features

Drive/Partition Capacity Limits

					Maximum Size
	File	Controller
	System	Type	Operating System		Partition	Drive
	FAT 32	ATA	Windows 2000/ XP		32 GB	128 PB
	NTFS	ATA	Windows NT/2000/XP		2 TB	128 PB
4.8 SATA BIOS
	Windows 2000 and XP			Windows 9x, NT, and Linux
	Enhanced Mode (default BIOS Setting)			Compatibility Mode (non-default BIOS Setting)
	—Separate IDE controller			—Combined IDE controller
	•PATA Controller in Legacy Mode			•PATA Controller in Legacy Mode
	- Device 0 is accessible as Device 0 of			- Device 0 is accessible as Device 0 of the
	PATA controller’s Primary Channel			combined controller’s Secondary
	- Device 1 is accessible as Device 1of			Channel
	PATA controller’s Primary Channel			- Device 1 is accessible as Device 1of the
	•SATA Controller in Native Mode			combined controller’s Secondary
				Channel
	- SATA 0 is accessible as Device 0 of
				•SATA Controller in Legacy Mode
	SATA controller’s Primary Channel
	- SATA 1 is accessible as Device 0 of			- SATA 0 is accessible as Device 0 of the
	SATA controller’s Secondary Channel			combined controller’s Primary Channel
	SATA 2 is accessible as Device 1of			- SATA 1 is inaccessible
	SATA controller’s Primary Channel			- SATA 2 is accessible as device 1 of the
	- SATA 3 is accessible as Device 1 of			combined controller’s Primary Channel
	SATA controller’s Secondary Channel			- SATA 3 is inaccessible

4.8.1 Legacy Mode

The Legacy mode is used to access devices attached to an embedded ATA controller. Each channel of the controller requires two fixed I/O address ranges and an IRQ.

■Primary Channel

❏Command block: 1F0h - 1F7h

❏Control block: 3F6h

❏IRQ: 14

■Secondary Channel

❏Command block: 170h - 177h

❏Control block: 376h

❏IRQ: 15

Service Reference Guide, dx2200 MT 415606-001 4–5