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50 ECB-870 User’s Manual
4.5.2.2 IDE Adapters
The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu to configure each
hard disk drive.
Figure 2 shows the IDE primary master sub menu.
Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu. Use Table
3 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 Primary Master
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 !
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.
Access Mode
Normal
LBA
Large
Auto
Choose the access mode for this hard
disk
The following options are selectable only if the ‘IDE Primary Master’ 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
Table3 Hard disk selections