Acer ALTOS 19000 Laptop User Manual


 
AcerAltos 19000 User’s Guide
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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 factory setting is Disabled.
If this option is enabled, the following translation schemes are used:
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
See the section “Disk Drives Over 1 Gbyte” in this chapter, for more information
on this option. This option should be left Disabled for most operating systems
except DOS/Windows.
Display <Ctrl-A> Message During BIOS Initialization
This option allows entering the SCSI Select utility during BIOS initialization. The
default setting is Enabled.
Multiple Lun Support
This option allows access to multiple logical unit numbers per SCSI ID. The
default setting is Disabled.
BIOS Support for More Than 2 Drives
This option allows you to enable or disable BIOS support for more than two SCSI
hard disk drives. It is only valid if the SCSI controller BIOS is enabled. This
feature is supported by DOS 5.0 and above. The default setting is Enabled.