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Primary Master and Slave Submenu
In Table 3-6, the features other than “Type” appear only for Type Auto if a drive is
detected.
Table 3-6 Primary IDE Master and Slave Submenu
Feature Choices Description
Type Auto
None
CD-ROM
IDE Removable
ATAPI Removable
User
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.
Cylinders 1 to 2048 Number of Cylinders on Drive.
This field is changeable only for Type User.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.
Heads 1 to 16 Number of read/write heads on drive.
This field is available only for Type User.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.
Sectors 1 to 64 Number of sectors per track.
This field is available only for Type User.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.
Maximum
Capacity
N/A Computed size of drive from cylinders, heads, and sectors entered.
This field is available only for Type User.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.
Multi-Sector
Transfers
Disabled
2, 4, 8, or 16 sectors
Determines the number of sectors per block for multisector
transfers.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.
LBA Mode
Control
Disabled
Enabled
Enabling LBA causeslogical blockaddressing to beused inplace of
cylinders, heads, and sectors.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.
32 Bit I/O Disabled
Enabled
Enabling allows 32-bit IDE data transfers.
This field is informational only for Type Auto.