Display <Ctrl-A> Message During Bios Initialization; Extended Bios Translation For Dos Drives > 1Gbyte; Host Adapter Bios; Support Removable Disks Under Bios As Fixed Disks - Acer Altos 12000 Series User Manual

Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives > 1 GByte
This option allows you to enable or disable extended translation for SCSI hard
disks with a capacity greater than 1 GByte. It is only valid if the SCSI controller
BIOS is enabled. The default setting is Enabled. Do not change this setting from
the default.
If this option is enabled, the following translation schemes are used:
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SCSI hard disks < 1 GByte use a translation scheme of 64 heads, 32 sectors per
track
•
SCSI hard disks > 1 GByte use a translation scheme of 255 heads, 63 sectors
per track
Display <Ctrl-A> Message During BIOS Initialization
This option allows entering the SCSISelect utility during BIOS initialization. The
default setting is Enabled.

Host Adapter BIOS

This option enables or disables the SCSI controller BIOS. Default is Enabled.
The SCSI controller BIOS must be enabled if you want the computer to boot from
a SCSI hard disk drive connected to the SCSI controller. Several SCSISelect
options cannot be used unless the SCSI controller BIOS is enabled.

Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks

This option allows you to control which removable-media drives are supported
by the SCSI controller BIOS. It is only valid if the SCSI controller BIOS is enabled.
The default setting is Boot Only. The following choices are available:
•
Boot Only – Only the removable-media drive designated as the boot device
are treated as a hard disk drive.
•
All Disks – All removable-media drives supported by the BIOS are treated as
hard disk drives.
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