HP Blade bc1000 Setup And Installation Manual page 65

Computer Setup (F10) Utility (Continued)
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Storage
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Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware
configuration.
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Option
Device Configuration
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Storage Options
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Description
Translation Parameters (IDE disks only)
Allows you to specify the parameters (logical
cylinders, heads, and sectors per track) used
by the BIOS to translate disk I/O requests
(from the operating system or an application)
into terms the hard drive can accept. Logical
cylinders may not exceed 1024. The number
of heads may not exceed 256. The number of
sectors per track may not exceed 63. These
fields are only visible and changeable when
the drive translation mode is set to User.
Multisector Transfers (IDE disks only)
Specifies how many sectors are transferred
per multi-sector PIO operation. Options
(subject to device capabilities) are Disabled,
8, and 16.
Removable Media Boot
Enables/disables ability to boot the system
from removable media.
Primary IDE Controller
Allows you to enable or disable the primary
IDE controller. This feature is supported on
select models only.
BIOS IDE DMA Transfers
Allows you to control how BIOS disk I/O
requests are serviced. When "Enable" is
selected, the BIOS will service all I/O requests
with DMA data transfers. When "Disable" is
selected, the BIOS will service all disk I/O
requests with PIO data transfers.
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