Computer Setup (F10) Utility Guide

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Computer Setup (F10) Utility
Storage
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Device Configuration
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Translation Mode (ATA disks only)
Lets you select the translation mode to be
used for the device. This enables the BIOS to
access disks partitioned and formatted on
other systems and may be necessary for
users of older versions of UNIX (e.g., SCO
UNIX version 3.2). Options are Automatic,
Bit-Shift, LBA Assisted, User, and None.
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CAUTION: Ordinarily, the translation
mode selected automatically by the BIOS
should not be changed. If the selected
translation mode is not compatible with
the translation mode that was active when
the disk was partitioned and formatted,
the data on the disk will be inaccessible.
Translation Parameters (ATA disks only)
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This feature appears only when User
translation mode is selected.
Allows you to specify the parameters (logical
cylinders, heads, and sectors per track) used
by the BIOS to translate disk I/O requests
(from the operating system or an application)
into terms the hard drive can accept. Logical
cylinders may not exceed 1024. The number
of heads may not exceed 256. The number of
sectors per track may not exceed 63. These
fields are only visible and changeable when
the drive translation mode is set to User.
Storage Options Removable Media Boot
Enables/disables ability to boot the system
from removable media.
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Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware
configuration.