Gateway ALR 9250R User Manual page 97

Primary master and slave submenu
In the table below, the features other than "Type" appear only for Type
Auto, if a drive is detected.
Primary Master and Slave Submenu Fields
Field Options
Type Auto
None
CD-ROM
IDE Removable
ATAPI Removable
User
Cylinders 1 to 2048
Heads 1 to 16
Sectors 1 to 64
Maximum N/A
Capacity
Multi-Sector Disabled
Transfers 2, 4, 8, or 16 sectors
LBA Mode Disabled
Control Enabled
32 Bit I/O Disabled
Enabled
Transfer Mode Standard
Fast PIO 1
Fast PIO 2
Fast PIO 3
Fast PIO 4
Ultra DMA Disabled
Enabled
Description
Auto allows the system to attempt autodetection
of the drive type.
None informs the system to ignore this drive.
CD-ROM allows the manual entry of fields
described below.
User allows the manual entry of all fields
described below.
Number of Cylinders on Drive.
This field is changeable only for Type User.
This field is strictly informational for Type Auto.
Number of read/write heads on drive.
This field is available only for Type User.
This field is strictly informational for Type Auto.
Number of sectors per track.
This field is available only for Type User.
This field is strictly informational for Type Auto.
Computed size of drive from cylinders, heads,
and sectors entered.
This field is available only for Type User.
This field is strictly informational for Type Auto.
Determines the number of sectors per block for
multisector transfers.
This field is strictly informational for Type Auto.
Enabling LBA causes logical block addressing to
be used in place of cylinders, heads, and sectors.
This field is strictly informational for Type Auto.
Enabling allows 32-bit IDE data transfers.
This field is strictly informational for Type Auto.
Selects the method for moving data to and from
the drive.
This field is strictly informational for Type Auto.
For use with Ultra DMA drives.
This field is strictly information for Type Auto.
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