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Using the Fixed Disk Setup Option
The Fixed Disk Setup option defines the types of hard
disk drives you have installed in your system. When you select
this option, you see the Fixed Disk Setup screen. From this
screen, select Fixed Disk 0 Control (Boot Drive) or
fixed disk 1 through fixed disk 3 options to configure from one
to four drives. (Fixed disks 0 and 1 are the drives connected to
your primary IDE hard disk drive interface; fixed disks 2 and 3
are connected to the secondary hard disk drive interface.)
If any of the drives you installed are larger than 528 MB, make
sure the Large Disk DOS Compatibility option is set to
Enabled (the default setting).
Your computer comes with a hard disk auto-sensing feature.
Press Enter when the Autotype Fixed Disk option is
highlighted. The system detects the type of hard disk drive and
fills in the remaining fields on the screen.
Some drives, such as preform atted drives, may not support the
auto-sensing feature. If the drive parameters sensed by the
computer do not match your drive, check Appendix A to see if
your drive's parameters are included in the hard disk drive
table. If not, you need to define your own drive type or
reformat the disk. See the next section for instructions on
defining your own drive type.
The LBA Mode Control option enables or disables ISA
logical block address control for each drive. If you install an
IDE drive that has a capacity greater than 528 MB, enable this
option for that drive; the default setting is Disabled.
The Physical
the drive will be the primary master or slave, or the secondary
master or slave. The setting Default indicates that the drive
is the primary master drive. Make sure the Physical Drive
setting for each drive matches the hard disk drive jumpers you
set when you installed the drive(s).
option allows you to specify whether
Drive
Running SETUP and Installing Drivers
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