Product guide

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Primary / Secondary IDE Master and Slave Submenu
Feature Choices Description
Type Auto Autoforces the server to
attempt autodetection of the
drive type.
None None informs the server to
ignore thehis drive.
CD-ROM CD-ROM allows the manual
entry of some fields
described below.
IDE Removable IDE Removable allows the
manual entry of some fields
described below.
ATAPI Removable ATAPI Removable allows
the manual entry of some
fields described below.
User User allows the manual
entry of all fields described
below.
CHS Format
Cylinders 0 to 65535 Number of Cylinders on
Drive.
This field is changeable
only for Type User.
Heads 1 to 16 Number of read/write heads
on drive
This field is available only
for Type User.
Sectors 0 to 63 Number of sectors per track.
This field is available only
for Type User.
Note
Bolded items are the factory
default settings.
Chapter Four Configuration Software and Utilities
Feature Choices Description
Maximum N/A Computed size of drive
Capacity from cylinders, heads, and
sectors entered. This field is
informational only.
Multi-Sector Disabled Determines the number of
Transfer 2, 4, 8, or 16 sectors sectors per block for multi-
sector transfers.
This field is informational
only for Type Auto.
LBA Mode Disabled Enabling LBA causes
Control Enabled logical block addressing to
be used in place of
cylinders.
This field is informational
only for Type Auto.
32 Bit I/O Disabled Enabling allows 32 bit IDE
Enabled data transfers.
Transfer Mode Standard Selects the method for
Fast PIO 1 moving data to and from the
Fast PIO 2 drive.
Fast PIO 3 This field is informational
Fast PIO 4 only for Type Auto.
FPIO 3 / DMA 1
FPIO 4 / DMA 2
Ultra DMA Disabled Selects the Ultra DMA mode
Mode Mode 0 used for moving data to and
Mode 1 from the drive.
Mode 2