User guide

BIOS Setup
BIOS Setup
CYLS(Cylinder) Min = 0
Max = 65535
Set the number of cylinders for
this hard disk. Please refer to the
documentation of the hard disk in
this channel.
HEAD Min = 0
Max = 255
Set the number of read/write
heads. Please refer to the
documentation of the hard disk in
this channel.
PRECOMP Min = 0
Max = 65535
Please refer to the documentation
of the hard disk in this channel.
LANDZ
(Landing zone)
Min = 0
Max = 65535
Set the number of landing zone.
Please refer to the documentation
of the hard disk l.
SECTOR Min = 0
Max = 255
Number of sectors per track.
Please refer to the documentation
of the hard disk in this channel.
Mode Normal
LBA
LARGE
AUTO
Mode Normal is for IDE hard
disk is smaller than 528MB; Mode
LBA is for IDE hard disk over
528MB that supports the function
of Logical Block Addressing
(LBA); Mode Large is for hard
over 528MB that does not support
LBA and is uncommon. It can be
only used with MS-DOS.
If operating system is SCO UNIX ,
the mode need to set Normal
Table 2-2-2: configure the parameters of the IDE hard disks.
Note
This option might only need to re-setup when installing a new hardware in you
r
computer or losing the system configurations of CMOS because of unpredictable
events. If the motherboard is installed in the working system, a user will not need to
configure data in this option again.
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