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BIOS Setup
There are six categories of information you must enter “Cyls “(number of
cylinders,)” Head “(number of read/write heads,)” Precomp “(write
precompensation,)” LandZ “(landing zone,)” Sector (number of sectors) and
“Mode”. The “Size” entry is automatically determined by the other
specifications. Your hard disk vendor’s or system manufacturer’s
documentation should provide you with the drive specifications. If you have
an IDE drive, unless your drive is already formatted with specifications
different from those detected by the auto-detection utility, the easiest thing to
do is use the auto -detection feature to enter the drive specifications.
Mode Setting For Head Disk Drives Larger Than 528MB
The last of the specification entries, Mode, requires additional explanation.
The mode settings are for IDE hard disks only. You can ignore this item for
MFM and ESDI drives. There are three entries you can select from in the
mode field, “Normal”, “Large” and “LBA”.
Set mode to the Normal setting for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB.
Use the LBA setting for drives over 528MB that use Logical Block
Addressing mode to allow large IDE hard disks. The Large type of drive can
only be used with MS-DOS and is uncommon. The majority of IDE drives
over 528MB use the LBA mode.
Note:
Entering incorrect drive specifications will result in a hard disk drive
functioning improperly or not at all.
Floppy Disk Drives
The next two lines record the types of floppy disk d rive present. The options
for drives A and B are:
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360KB, 5.25 in.
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1.2MB, 5.25 in.
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720KB, 3.5 in.
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1.44MB, 3.5 in.
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2.88MB, 3.5 in.
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None
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Highlight the listing after each drive name and select the appropriate
entry.
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