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3-8 Configuring the System
Main Menu Items
Menu Item Settings (default is bold)
Primary IDE Master
Primary IDE Slave
Secondary IDE Master
Secondary IDE Slave
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Each device menu item displays the hard drive or
CD-ROM identifier if a device is installed.
If you install a hard drive that does not feature
auto IDE type detection or your IDE hard drive
was formatted on another system with
parameters different from those reported by the
drive, enter a parameter for each of the fields in
the device submenu.
Bring up a device submenu by pressing
Enter
.
The submenus include IDE Device Configuration
and, depending on device selection, Fast
Programmed I/O Mode, 32 Bit Transfer Mode,
LBA Mode, and Block Mode. Each is briefly
described in the following.
IDE Device
Configuration
Auto
, User, CD-ROM, Floptical, Not Installed,
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When set to Auto, the BIOS sets the correct
values for the device. Selecting User allows you
to configure the BIOS for the device selected.
The Not Installed setting indicates that there is no
IDE device present in the system.
Depending on the option selected, one of the
following submenus displays.
LBA Mode
On
, Off
When On is selected, it causes logical block
addressing to be used in place of cylinders,
heads, and sectors.