User manual ASUS RS160-E4PA4

[. . . ] RS160-E4/PA4 1U Rackmount Barebone Server User Guide E3074 First Edition V1 March 2007 Copyright © 2007 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ASUS provides this manual "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall ASUS, its directors, officers, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including damages for loss of profits, loss of business, loss of use or data, interruption of business and the like), even if ASUS has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product. [. . . ] Configuration options: [Normal] [Write Protect] S-ATAConfiguration Main PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility S-ATAConfiguration Parallel ATA: Serial ATA SATA Controller Mode Option: SATA RAID Enable SATA AHCI Enable [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enhanced] [Disabled] [Disabled] ItemSpecificHelp Enable the PATA F1 ESC Help Exit Select Item Select Menu -/+ Enter Change Values Select Sub-Menu F9 F10 Setup Defaults Save and Exit Parallel. ATA. [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the parallel ATA function. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 5-14 Chapter 5: BIOS setup Native. Mode. Operation. [Auto] Allows you to choose the native mode for ATA. Configuration options: [Auto] [Serial ATA] The above item appears only when the SATA. Controller. Mode. Option is set to [Compatible] Serial. ATA. [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the Serial ATA function. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] SATA Controller Mode Option [Enhanced] Allows selection of the Serial ATA operation mode depending on the operating system (OS) that you installed. When you set this item to Enhanced Mode, Serial ATA and Parallel ATA devices are auto-detected and placed in native IDE mode. Set to Enhanced Mode if you are using native OS, such as Windows® 2000/XP. When you set this item to Compatible Mode, Serial ATA and Parallel ATA devices are auto-detected and placed in legacy mode. Set this item to [Compatible] if you are using legacy OS, e. g. Configuration options: [Compatible] [Enhanced] The following items appear only if you set the SATA. Controller. Mode. Option item to [Enhanced]. SATA. RAID. Enable. [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable the Serial ATA RAID function. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] SATA. AHCI. Enable. [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable the Serial ATA AHCI function. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] · · · SATA. AHCI. Enable item appears only when SATA. RAID. Enable is set to [Disabled] AHCI mode item supports only under Windows environment. Due to the driver limitation, you will not find any SATA driver if you install Fedora core 4. ASUS RS160-E4/PA4 5-15 5. 3. 5. SATA. Port. 1/2/3/4 PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility IDE Primary Master ItemSpecificHelp Auto = Autotyping. ATAPI Removable = ATAPI media (e. g. , LS120, USB Floppy, USB Zip). IDE Removable = IDE removable media (e. g. , IDE Zip drive). User = You simply the hard disk drive type. Type: Multi-Sector Transfers: LBA Mode Control: 32-Bit I/O: Transfer Mode: Ultra DMA Mode: [Auto] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Standard] [Disabled] F1 ESC Help Exit Select Item Select Menu -/+ Enter Change Values Select Sub-Menu F9 F10 Setup Defaults Save and Exit Type. [Auto] Selects the type of IDE drive. Setting to Auto allows automatic selection of the appropriate IDE device type. Select [CD-ROM] if you are specifically configuring a CD-ROM drive. Select [ATAPI Removable] if your device is either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive. Select [User] to manually enter the parameters of the device. Configuration options: [Auto] [User] [Other ATAPI] [IDE Removable] [CD-ROM] [ATAPI Removable] [None] · · · Except for 32-Bit. I/O item, the following items become user-configurable when the Type item is not set to [Auto]. [. . . ] Insert the Linux OS installation CD Disk 1 to the optical drive. Double click "Application". >. "System. setting". >. "Add. /. Remove. Select "Kernel. Development" from the Development. Tools. Follow the later steps and add different CDs according to the instructions displayed. BuildingthedriverfromtheTARfile: 1. [. . . ]