Computer Setup—Storage
NOTE: Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware configuration.
Table 7-2 Computer Setup—Storage
Option | Description |
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Device | Lists all installed |
Configuration |
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| When a device is selected, detailed information and options are displayed. The following options |
| may be presented: |
| { Hard Disk: Size, model, firmware version, serial number, connector color. |
| 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, |
| 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. |
| { |
| ROM). |
| { SSD Life Used |
| NOTE: Displays for |
| { SMART (ATA disks only) |
| { Diskette: Model and firmware version. |
| NOTE: Displays for USB diskette drives. |
| { Default Values (ATA disks only) |
| See Translation Mode above for details. |
| SATA Defaults |
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Computer Setup (F10) Utilities 135
