Configuring Your System 3-7

Secondary IDE Master and Slave Submenu
Feature Choices Description Your Setting
Type Auto
None
CD-ROM
IDE Removable
ATAPI
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 fields described below.
Determines that a removable
IDE drive is installed. IDE
allows the manual entry of
fields described below.
Determines that a removable
ATAPI drive is installed. ATAPI
allows the manual entry of
fields described below.
User allows the manual entry
of all fields described below.
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. Autotype the drive to
select the optimum transfer
mode.