Intel ESM-2743 - Manual (Page 50)

ESM-2740/2743
50 ESM-2740/2743 User’s Manual
3.5.1.2 IDE Adapter Setup
The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu to configure each
hard disk drive. The below Figure will shows the IDE primary master sub menu.
Use the following table to configure the hard disk.
Item Options Description
IDE HDD Auto-detection Press Enter
Press Enter to auto-detect the HDD on
this channel. If detection is
successful, it fills the remaining fields
on this menu.
IDE Channel 0 Master
IDE Channel 0 Slave,
IDE Channel 1 Master,
IDE Channel 1 Slave
None
Auto
Manual
Selecting ‘manual’ lets you set the
remaining fields on this screen.
Selects the type of fixed disk. "User
Type" will let you select the number of
cylinders, heads, etc. Note:
PRECOMP=65535 means NONE !
Access Mode
Normal
LBA
Large
Auto
Choose the access mode for
this hard disk
Capacity
Auto Display your disk drive
size
Disk drive capacity (Approximated).
Note that this size is usually slightly
greater than the size of a formatted
disk given by a disk checking program.
The following options are selectable only if the ‘IDE Channel …’ item is set to ‘Manual’
Cylinder
Min = 0
Max = 65535
Set the number of cylinders for this
hard disk.
Head
Min = 0
Max = 255
Set the number of read/write heads
Precomp
Min = 0
Max = 65535
**** Warning: Setting a value of 65535
means no hard disk
Landing zone
Min = 0
Max = 65535
****
Sector
Min = 0
Max = 255
Number of sectors per track