3.1-A. Master and Slave screens

The following options are for setting the configuration of the IDE devices installed in the system.

 

FORMAT:

[option]

 

 

OPTIONS:

None

Auto-typing is not able to

 

 

 

supply the drive type, or

 

 

 

the user has selected

 

 

 

None to disable any

 

 

 

drives that might be

 

 

 

installed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pre-configured drive

 

 

 

parameters. This option is

 

 

 

dependent on your drive.

 

 

User

The user must define the

Type

 

 

different parameters of

 

 

 

the drive.

 

 

Auto

Auto-detect the drive

 

 

 

parameters.

 

 

IDE Removeable

Removeable read-and-

 

 

 

write media (e.g. Zip

 

 

 

drive).

 

 

CD-ROM

Readable CD-ROM drive.

 

 

ATAPI Removeable Removeable ATAPI media

 

 

 

(e.g. USB Zip drive).

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

All options are dependent on the drive.

 

 

 

 

 

FORMAT:

[#]

 

Cylinders

OPTIONS:

1 to 65,536

Number of cylinders.

 

NOTES:

All options are dependent on the drive.

 

 

 

 

 

FORMAT:

[#]

 

Heads

OPTIONS:

1 to 16

Number of read/write

 

 

heads.

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

All options are dependent on the drive.

 

 

 

 

 

FORMAT:

[#]

 

Sectors/Track

OPTIONS:

1 to 63

Number of sectors per

 

 

track.

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

All options are dependent on the drive.

 

 

 

 

 

FORMAT:

[#]

 

 

OPTIONS:

1 to 2048

Number of the cylinders

Landing Zone

 

 

specified as the landing

 

 

zone for the read/write

 

 

 

heads.

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

IDE devices do not require a Landing Zone.

 

 

 

 

 

FORMAT:

[#] or [None]

 

 

OPTIONS:

1 to 2048

Number of the cylinder at

Write Precomp

 

None

which to change the write

 

 

 

timing.

 

NOTES:

IDE devices do not require a Write Precomp.

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