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For IDE hard disk drive setup, you can:
Auto
Use the
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Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically
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enter the drive specifications.
Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the "User" option.
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The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYLS (number of cylinders),
HEAD (number of read/write heads), PRECOMP (write precompensation), LANDZ
(landing zone), SECTOR (number of sectors) and MODE. The SIZE field auto-
matically adjusts according to the configuration you specify. The documentation
that comes with your hard disk should provide you with the information regarding
the drive specifications.
The MODE entry is for IDE hard disks only, and can be ignored for MFM and ESDI
drives. This entry provides three options: Normal,
low). Set MODE to the
LBA
it to
for drives over 528MB that support Logical Block Addressing (LBA) to
allow larger IDE hard disks; set it to
Large
port LBA.
mon. Most IDE drives over 528MB support the
Auto detection of hard disks on bootup
For each field: Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary Master, and Secondary
Slave, you can select
detection of your IDE drives during bootup. This will allow you to change your
hard drives (with the power off) and then power on without having to reconfigure
your hard drive type. If you use older hard drives which do not support this feature,
then you must configure the hard drive in the standard method as described above
by the "User" option.
NOTE: After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS, new
IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned (such as with FDISK) and then formatted
before data can be read from and write on. Primary IDE hard disk drives must have
its partition set to
NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading.
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IV. BIOS SOFTWARE
setting for detection during bootup.
Normal
for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB; set
type of drive can only be used with MS-DOS and is very uncom-
Auto
under the TYPE and MODE fields. This will enable auto
active
(also possible with FDISK).
Large, LBA,
Large
for drives over 528MB that do not sup-
LBA
mode.
Auto (see
or
be-
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