Abit KR7A User Manual page 36

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" Capacity:
This item auto displays your HDD size. Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size
given by a disk checking program of a formatted disk.
All the items below are available when you set the item Primary IDE Master to Manual.
" Cylinder:
When disks are placed directly above one another along the shaft, the circular vertical "slice"
consisting of all the tracks located in a particular position is called a cylinder. You can set the number
of cylinders for a HDD. The minimum number you can enter is 0, the maximum number you can
enter is 65536.
" Head:
This is the tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to create and read back the magnetic patterns
on the disk (also called the read/write head). You can configure the number of read/write heads. The
minimum number you can enter is 0, the maximum number you can enter is 255.
" Precomp:
The minimum number you can enter is 0, the maximum number you can enter is 65536.
" Landing Zone:
This is a non-data area on the disk's inner cylinder where the heads can rest when the power is turned
off. The minimum number you can enter is 0, the maximum number you can enter is 65536.
" Sector:
The minimum segment of track length that can be assigned to stored data. Sectors usually are grouped
into blocks or logical blocks that function as the smallest units of data permit. You can configure this
item to sectors per track. The minimum number you can enter is 0, the maximum number you can
enter is 255.
Driver A & Driver B:
If you have installed the floppy disk drive here, then you can select the type of floppy drive it can support.
Six options are available: None)360K, 5.25 in. ) 1.2M, 5.25in. ) 720K, 3.5 in. ) 1.44M, 3.5 in. )
2.88M, 3.5 in.
Video:
You can select the VGA modes for your video adapter, four options are available: EGA/VGA ) CGA 40
) CGA 80 ) MONO. The default setting is EGA/VGA.
Halt On:
You can select which type of error will cause the system to halt. Five options are available: All Errors )
No Errors ) All, But Keyboard ) All, But Diskette ) All, But Disk/Key.
KR7A/KR7A-RAID
Warning
Setting a value of 65536 means no hard disk exists.
Note
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