IBM SAGP-845EV IDE Adapters, IDE Primary Master Sub Menu, Hard Disk Selections, Options

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 Auto-Detection	Press Enter
		Item Help
IDE Primary Master	Auto	Menu Level	¾¾
Access Mode	Auto
		To auto-detect the HDD’s
Capacity	15362 MB	size, head... on this
		channel
Cylinder	29765
Head	16
Precomp	0
Landing Zone	29764
Sector	63

↑↓←→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 auto-detect the HDD on
detection		this channel. If detection is
		successful, it fills the remaining fields
		on this menu.
IDE Primary Master	None	Selecting ‘manual’ lets you set the
	Auto	remaining fields on this screen.
	Manual	Selects the type of fixed disk. "User
		Type" will let you select the number of
		cylinders, heads, etc. Note:
		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
		disk given by a disk checking program.
Access Mode	CHS	Choose the access mode for this hard
	LBA	disk
	Large
	Auto

Table 2 Hard Disk Selections

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