IDE Adapters
The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive.
Figure 2 shows the IDE primary master sub menu.
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IDE Primary Master
IDE HDD | Press Enter |
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IDE Primary Master | Auto | Menu Level | ¾¾ |
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Access Mode | Auto |
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Capacity | 15362 MB | size, head... on this | |||
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Cylinder | 29765 |
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Head | 16 |
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Precomp | 0 |
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Landing Zone | 29764 |
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Sector | 63 |
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↑↓←→Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit
F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-safe defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
Figure 2 IDE Primary Master Sub Menu
Use the legend keys to navigate this menu. Use Table 2 to configure the hard disk.
Item | Options | Description |
IDE HDD Auto- | Press Enter | Press Enter to |
detection |
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IDE Primary Master | None | Selecting ‘manual’ lets you set the |
| Auto | remaining fields on this screen. |
| Manual | Selects the type of fixed disk. "User |
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| Type" will let you select the number of |
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| cylinders, heads, etc. Note: |
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| PRECOMP=65535 means NONE ! |
Capacity | Auto Display | Disk drive capacity (Approximated). |
| your disk drive | Note that this size is usually slightly |
| size | greater than the size of a formatted |
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| disk given by a disk checking program. |
Access Mode | CHS | Choose the access mode for this hard |
| LBA | disk |
| Large |
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Table 2 Hard Disk Selections
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