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Selecting Hard Disk Only

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The System Alert category has the following options: Fault (the default option) Warning Keyboard Errors enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the power-on self-test (POST), which is a series of tests that the system performs on the hardware each time you turn on the system or press the reset button. This category is useful when applied to self-starting servers or host systems that have no permanently attached keyboard. In these situations, selecting Do Not Report suppresses all error messages relating to the keyboard or to the keyboard controller during POST. This option does not affect the operation of the keyboard itself if a keyboard is attached to the computer. Boot Sequence can be set to Diskette First (the default option) or to Hard Disk Only. The term boot refers to the system's start-up procedure. When turned on, the system "bootstraps" itself into an operational state by loading into memory a small program, which in turn loads the necessary operating system. Boot Sequence tells the system where to look for the files that it needs to load. Selecting Diskette First causes the system to try booting from drive A first. If the system finds a diskette that is not bootable in the drive or finds a problem with the drive itself, it displays an error message. If it does not find a diskette in the drive, the system tries to boot from the hard-disk drive (drive 0). If the hard-disk drive is not bootable, the system tries to boot from the Plug and Play network adapters in the order found. Selecting Hard Disk Only causes the system to attempt to boot first from the harddisk drive and then from the Plug and Play network adapters in the order found. Using the System Setup Program 4-7

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Using the System Setup Program
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The System Alert category has the following options:
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Fault (the default option)
²
Warning
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Keyboard Errors
enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the power-on
self-test (POST), which is a series of tests that the system performs on the hardware
each time you turn on the system or press the reset button.
This category is useful when applied to self-starting servers or host systems that
have no permanently attached keyboard. In these situations, selecting
Do Not Report
suppresses all error messages relating to the keyboard or to the keyboard con-
troller during POST. This option does not affect the operation of the keyboard
itself if a keyboard is attached to the computer.
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Boot Sequence
can be set to Diskette First (the default option) or to Hard Disk Only.
The term
boot
refers to the system’s start-up procedure. When turned on, the
system “bootstraps” itself into an operational state by loading into memory a
small program, which in turn loads the necessary operating system. Boot
Sequence
tells the system where to look for the files that it needs to load.
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Selecting Diskette First causes the system to try booting from drive A first. If the
system finds a diskette that is not bootable in the drive or finds a problem with
the drive itself, it displays an error message. If it does not find a diskette in the
drive, the system tries to boot from the hard-disk drive (drive 0). If the hard-disk
drive is not bootable, the system tries to boot from the Plug and Play network
adapters in the order found.
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±
Selecting Hard Disk Only
causes the system to attempt to boot first from the hard-
disk drive and then from the Plug and Play network adapters in the order found.