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Understanding MultiBoot Results, when the Network Service Boot - boot menu

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MultiBoot (Advanced Users Only) 2. Use the arrow keys to select the Advanced menu > Device Options. ❏ To enable bootable media in USB drives or in drives inserted into a Port Replicator, select Enable USB legacy support. ❏ To enable a NIC, select Internal Network adapter boot. 3. To save your preferences and exit Computer Setup, use the arrow keys to select File > Save Changes and Exit, then follow the instructions on the screen. Your preferences are set as you exit Computer Setup and are in effect when the notebook restarts. ✎ To connect a NIC to a PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) or RPL (Remote Program Load) server during startup without using MultiBoot, quickly press F12 when the Network Service Boot message appears briefly in the lower right corner of the screen. Understanding MultiBoot Results Before changing the startup sequence, consider the following: ■ When the notebook restarts after changing the boot order, it considers only the first device of each drive type when searching for a startup device. For example, the notebook includes two diskette drives, such as a USB diskette and a notebook diskette drive. In the default boot sequence, the USB diskette comes before the MultiBay diskette. But if the system fails to boot to the USB diskette (either because it does not contain a diskette or because the diskette is not bootable) it does not try the MultiBay diskette drive. Instead, it tries the first hard drive device present in the system. 5-4 Software Guide

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Software Guide
MultiBoot (Advanced Users Only)
2. Use the arrow keys to select the Advanced menu > Device
Options.
❏
To enable bootable media in USB drives or in drives
inserted into a Port Replicator, select Enable USB legacy
support.
❏
To enable a NIC, select Internal Network adapter boot.
3. To save your preferences and exit Computer Setup, use the
arrow keys to select File > Save Changes and Exit, then
follow the instructions on the screen.
Your preferences are set as you exit Computer Setup and are
in effect when the notebook restarts.
✎
To connect a NIC to a PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) or
RPL (Remote Program Load) server during startup without using
MultiBoot, quickly press
F12
when the Network Service Boot
message appears briefly in the lower right corner of the screen.
Understanding MultiBoot Results
Before changing the startup sequence, consider the following:
■
When the notebook restarts after changing the boot order,
it considers only the first device of each drive type when
searching for a startup device.
For example, the notebook includes two diskette drives, such
as a USB diskette and a notebook diskette drive. In the
default boot sequence, the USB diskette comes before the
MultiBay diskette. But if the system fails to boot to the USB
diskette (either because it does not contain a diskette or
because the diskette is not bootable) it does
not
try the
MultiBay diskette drive. Instead, it tries the first hard drive
device present in the system.