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Setup—Storage
NOTE:
Support
for
specific
Computer
Setup
options
may
vary
depending
on
the
hardware
configuration.
Table
2-3
Computer
Setup—Storage
Option
Description
Device
Configuration
Lists
all
installed
BIOS-controlled
storage
devices.
When
a
device
is
selected,
detailed
information
and
options
are
displayed.
The
following
options
may
be
presented:
CD-ROM
:
model,
firmware
version,
serial
number.
Hard
Disk
:
Size,
model,
firmware
version,
serial
number.
Lets
you
select
the
translation
mode
to
be
used
for
the
device.
This
enables
the
BIOS
to
access
disks
partitioned
and
formatted
on
other
systems
and
may
be
necessary
for
users
of
older
versions
of
UNIX
(e.g.,
SCO
UNIX
version
3.2).
Options
are
Automatic,
Bit-Shift,
LBA
Assisted,
User,
and
Off.
Available
only
when
the
drive
translation
mode
is
set
to
User,
allows
you
to
specify
the
parameters
(logical
cylinders,
heads,
and
sectors
per
track)
used
by
the
BIOS
to
translate
disk
I/O
requests
(from
the
operating
system
or
an
application)
into
terms
the
hard
drive
can
accept.
Logical
cylinders
may
not
exceed
1024.
The
number
of
heads
may
not
exceed
256.
The
number
of
sectors
per
track
may
not
exceed
63.
CAUTION:
Ordinarily,
the
translation
mode
selected
automatically
by
the
BIOS
should
not
be
changed.
If
the
selected
translation
mode
is
not
compatible
with
the
translation
mode
that
was
active
when
the
disk
was
partitioned
and
formatted,
the
data
on
the
disk
will
be
inaccessible.
Diskette
:
Model
and
firmware
version.
NOTE:
Displays
for
USB
diskette
drives.
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