2-10 Setting System Parameters
Each IDE Adapter parameter has a right-pointing arrow to
the left of it. Selecting the option displays IDE hard disk pa-
rameters. Select an IDE Adapter option and set parameters
for each hard disk separately.
Use the following table to configure the hard disk.
NOTE
If your IDE hard disk features auto IDE
type detection, you need only to select the Autotype
Fixed Disk parameter. The system then automati-
cally detects the hard disk type and sets the remain-
ing parameters.
IDE Hard Disk Parameters
PARAMETER OPTIONS DESCRIPTION
Autotype Fixed
Disk
Automatically
detected by
the system
Pressing Enter causes the system to
attempt to detect the hard disk type. If
successful, Setup fills in the remaining
fields on this menu and you do not need
to select the disk parameters.
Type 1 to 39
User
Selecting 1 to 39 fills in all remaining
fields with values for predefined disk type.
“User” prompts user to fill in remaining
fields.
Heads 1 to 64 Specifies number of read/write heads.
Sectors/Track 1 to 63 Specifies number of sectors per track.
Landing Zone* 1 to 2048 Specifies number of cylinder specified
as the landing zone for the read/write
heads.
Write Precomp* 1 to 2048
None
Specifies number of the cylinder at
which to change the write timing.
*IDE drives do not require setting Landing Zone and Write Precomp.
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