QDI P5I430TX Titanium IB+ Manual page 47

Note: Some OSes (like SCO-UNIX) must use "NORMAL" for installation
Figure 3-9 IDE HDD Auto Detection Menu
3.11.1 Setup
With auto-detection
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BIOS setup will display all possible modes supported by the
HDD including NORMAL, LBA and LARGE.
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If HDD does not support LBA modes, no "LBA" option will be
shown.
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If the number of physical cylinders are less than or equal to 1024,
"LARGE" option may not be shown.
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Users can select a mode that is appropriate for them
With Standard CMOS Setup
Drive C: User(516MB) 1120
Drive D: None(203MB) 684
When HDD type is in "user" type, the "MODE" option will be opened for
users to select their own HDD mode.
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3.11. HDD Modes
The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes: NORMAL, LBA and LARGE,
also Auto detect.
NORMAL
Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will
make any transformation during accessing. The maximum number of
cylinders, heads and sectors for NORMAL mode are 1024,16 and 63.
If the user sets his HDD to NORMAL mode, the maximum accessible HDD
size will be 528 megabytes even though its physical size may be greater than
that.
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode
A new HDD accessing method in overcoming the 528 Megabyte bottleneck.
The number of cylinders, heads and sectors shown in setup may not be the
number physically contained in the HDD.
Changes
CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LAND SECTOR
16 65535
16 65535
Chapter 3
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MODE
ZONE
1119 59 Normal
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