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TITLE: 941216 OS/2 WARP ENHANCED IDE SUPPORT
SYSTEMS WITH
NATIVE SUPPORT TRANSLATED BIOS*
ENHANCED IDE FEATURE
DOS OS/2 DOS OS/2
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DRIVES > 1024 CYL (> 528 MB)
BOOT PARTITIONS < 1024 CYL YES YES YES YES
ACCESS DISK PAST 1024 CYL NO NO YES YES
LOGICAL BLOCK ADDRESSING NO YES NO YES
with parameters with parameters
for performance /A:0 /U:0 /LBA /A:0 /U:0 /LBA
saves drive 3 multiplies
FASTER PIO MODE YES YES YES YES
DMA ADDRESSING NO NO NO NO
not prevalent on controllers
advantage for EISA systems only
WD UTILITY "ON TRACK" YES ** NA NA
provides BIOS translation for
system without translated BIOS
* IBM Systems with translated BIOS include Valuepoint and IBM
Mobile
** On Track will have a OS/2 filter that provides translation at
Warp ship. This filter will be shipped with On Track other
Enhanced IDE Utilities with WD and IBM hard files for use on
systems that do not have translated BIOS. In the meantime
we have worked with On Track to have FDISK identify the
signature (45H) to prevent corruption.