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EPI-LX800 Series

62 EPI-LX800 Series User’s Manual

3.5.1.2 IDE Adapter Setup
The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu to configure each
hard disk drive. The below Figure will shows the IDE primary master sub menu.

Item

Options

Description

IDE HDD Auto-detection

Press Enter

Press Enter to auto-detect the HDD on
this channel. If detection is successful,
it fills the remaining fields on this
menu.

IDE Primary Master

IDE Primary Slave,

None

Auto

Manual

Selecting ‘manual’ lets you set the
remaining fields on this screen.
Selects the type of fixed disk. "User
Type" will let you select the number of
cylinders, heads, etc. Note:
PRECOMP=65535 means NONE !

Access Mode

CHS

LBA

Large

Auto

Choose the access mode for this hard
disk

The following options are selectable only if the ‘IDE Channel …’ item is set to ‘Manual’

Cylinder

Min = 0

Max = 65535

Set the number of cylinders for this
hard disk.

Head

Min = 0

Max = 255

Set the number of read/write heads

Precomp

Min = 0

Max = 65535

**** Warning: Setting a value of 65535
means no hard disk

Landing zone

Min = 0

Max = 65535

****

Sector

Min = 0

Max = 255

Number of sectors per track