IBM Deskstar 40GV Installation And Reference Manual page 59

Linux
Linux is a UNIX operating system variant for the PC.
Master
Master is used in the original ATA specification for the first addressed drive (Device 0) on an
ATA/IDE channel.
Novell Netware
Netware is a Novell network operating system and file server platform. Netware has several
proprietary file systems.
OS/2
OS/2 is an IBM operating system. OS/2 supports HPFS (High Performance File System).
Parameters
Parameters (also known as geometry) are the cylinder, head, and sector values for defining the
capacity of a hard disk drive.
Partition
A partition is a portion of a hard drive allocated to a particular file system and accessed as a
single logical volume or drive letter. To partition a drive is to allocate an area to a drive letter or
logical volume.
PIO (Programmed input/output)
PIO is a data transfer protocol using the processor to transfer the data from a hard disk drive to
memory.
Primary
Primary indicates the first ATA/IDE channel of a computer. The Primary channel controls the first
and second hard disk drives or ATA/IDE devices in a computer.
Secondary
Secondary indicates the second ATA/IDE channel of a computer. The secondary channel
controls the third and fourth hard disk drives or ATA/IDE devices in a computer.
Sector
A sector is the minimum segment of track length that the hard disk drive can assign to store
information. Sectors are 512 bytes in length on a PC compatible formatted hard disk drive.
Setup
Setup is a BIOS utility to specify values, parameters, and modes stored in battery powered
CMOS memory for use by the system BIOS.
Slave
The term slave is used in the original ATA specification for the second addressed drive (Device 1)
on an ATA/IDE channel.
SR2 (Service Release 2)
Service Release 2 is also known as Windows 95b, a later release of Windows. SR2 supports
Fat32.
Track
A track is a logical group of sectors that can be accessed by a single magnetic head in a given
position without repositioning the head stack assembly.
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