TAG CENTRIX SV-2000-X2 - Manual (Page 41)

Operations Manual
SV-2000-X2 Server (CENTRIX / JHSV)
Part Number: 1008080 Page 41 of 82
Version 1.4. 01/12/2010
COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4 to serial port 1 or
2.
Most BIOS' also allow you to set the I/O and
IRQ but this is mostly done automatically.
6.7.1.3 Floppy Drives
The floppy drive(s) can be enabled or disabled in
the BIOS. The BIOS also allows you to choose the
capacity of the media.
• 360 KB 5.25-inch
• 1.2 MB 5.25-inch
• 720 KB 3.5-inch
• 1.44 MB 3.5-inch
• 2.88 MB 3.5-inch
Some BIOS' allow you to swap A: and B: and
disable seeking a floppy disk for a boot sector
during startup.
6.7.1.4 Hard Drives
Most modern BIOS' allow automatic detection
of disk parameters. The settings can be
individually configured for the primary master
and slave device and the secondary master
and slave device. The following are some of
the primary settings that apply to hard drives
as well as CD/DVD-ROM drives, tape backup
drive, etc.
Common disk types are:
• User-defined
Cylinders, Heads, Sectors (CHS)
values
• Auto-automatically detects hard disks
parameters at every startup
• 1-46-predefined combinations of CHS values
• CDROM-used for AT Attachment Packet
Interface (ATAPI) CD-ROM drives
• ARMD-used for ATAPI ZIP and LS 120 drives
• DVDROM