3-6 Configuring Your System

Primary/Secondary IDE Master and Slave Submenu
Feature Choices Description Your Setting
Type Auto
None
CD-ROM
User
Auto allows the system to attempt auto-
detection of the drive type.
None informs the system to ignore this
drive.
CD ROM allows the manual entry of some
fields described below.
User allows the manual entry of all fields
described below.
Cylinders 0 to 65535 Number of cylinders on drive. This field is
changeable only for Type User.
Heads 1 to 16 Number of read/write heads on drive. This
field is changeable only for Type User.
Sectors 0 to 63 Number of sectors per track. This field is
changeable only for Type User.
Maximum
Capacity N/A Computed drive size. This field is
informational only for Type User.
Multi-Sector
Transfer Disabled
2, 4, 8, or 16
sectors
Determines the number of sectors per
block for multi-sector transfers. This field
is informational only for Type Auto.
LBA Mode
Control Disabled
Enabled Enabling LBA causes logical block
addressing to be used in place of
cylinders, heads, and sectors. This field is
informational only for Type Auto.
32 Bit I/O Disabled
Enabled Enabling allows 32 bit IDE data transfers.
Transfer Mode Standard
Fast PIO 1
Fast PIO 2
Fast PIO 3
Fast PIO 4
FPIO 3/DMA 1
FPIO 4/DMA 2
Selects the method for moving data to and
from the drive. This field is informational
only for Type Auto.
Ultra DMA
Mode Disabled
Mode 0
Mode 1
Mode 2
Selects the Ultra DMA Mode for moving
data to and from the drive.