Quantum FIREBALL PLUS AS 10.2 User Manual

Installation
Quantum Fireball Plus AS 10.2/20.5/30.0/40.0/60.0 GB AT 3-17
3.10
3.103.10
3.10 SYSTEM STARTUP AND OPERATION
SYSTEM STARTUP AND OPERATIONSYSTEM STARTUP AND OPERATION
SYSTEM STARTUP AND OPERATION
Once you have installed the Quantum Fireball Plus AS 10.2/20.5/30.0/40.0/60.0
GB AT hard disk drive, and adapter board (if required) in the host system, you are
ready to partition and format the drive for operation. To set up the drive correctly,
follow these steps:
1. Power on the system.
2. Run the SETUP program. This is generally on a Diagnostics or Utilities
disk, or within the system’s BIOS. Some system BIOS have an auto-
detecting feature making SETUP unnecessary.
3. Enter the appropriate parameters.
The SETUP program allows you to enter the types of optional hardware
installed—such as the hard disk drive type, the floppy disk drive capacity, and the
display adapter type. The system’s BIOS uses this information to initialize the
system when the power is switched on. For instructions on how to use the SETUP
program, refer to the system manual for your PC.
During the AT system CMOS setup, you must enter the drive type for the
Quantum Fireball Plus AS hard disk drives. The drive supports the translation of
its physical drive geometry parameters such as cylinders, heads, and sectors per
track to a logical addressing mode. The drive can work with different BIOS drive-
type tables of the various host systems.
You can choose any drive type that does not exceed the capacity of the drive.
Table 3-3 gives the logical parameters that provide the maximum capacity on the
Quantum Fireball Plus AS family of hard disk drives.
Table 3-3
Table 3-3 Table 3-3
Table 3-3
Logical Addressing Format
Note: *Capacity may be restricted to 8.4 GB (or less) due to system
BIOS limitations. Check with your system manufacturer to de-
termine if your BIOS supports LBA Mode for hard drives
greater than 8.4 GB. Default logical cylinders is limited to
16,383 as per the ATA-4 specifications.
QUANTUM FIREBALL PLUS AS
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QUANTUM FIREBALL PLUS AS
10.2
10.210.2
10.2 20.5
20.520.5
20.5 30.0
30.030.0
30.0 40.0
40.040.0
40.0 60.0
60.060.0
60.0
LBA Capacity 10.2 GB 20.5 GB 30.0 GB 40.0 GB 60.0 GB
CHS Capacity 8,455 MB 8,455 MB 8,455 MB 8,455 MB 8,455 MB
Logical Cylinders 16,383*
(19,906)
16,383*
(39,813)
16,383*
(58,168)
16,383*
(77,557)
16,383*
(116,336)
Logical Heads 1616161616
Logical Sectors/Track6363636363
Total Number Logical
Sectors
20,066,251 40,132,503 58,633,344 78,177,792 117,266,688

Quantum FIREBALL PLUS AS 10.2 Specifications

General

Brand	Quantum
Model	FIREBALL PLUS AS 10.2
Category	Storage
Language	English