HP xw4000 HP xw Workstation series - Transition from PATA optical disc drives - Page 1

Transition from PATA optical disc drives to SATA optical disc drives Transition from PATA optical disc drives to SATA optical disc drives 1 Background ...2 Scope ...2 Definitions...2 Boot to DOS ...2 Bootable DOS CD-ROM...2 Disk On Key (DOK) ...2 DOS CD-ROM driver ...2 ISOLinux ...3 SATA emulation modes...3 Combined IDE controller ...3 Separate IDE controller ...3 ACHI ...3 RAID+ACHI ...3 Microsoft Windows Pre-installation Environment (WinPE 3 Mixing PATA and SATA optical drives 4 FailSafe Boot Block BIOS recovery...4 HP xw4400 Workstation ...4 Boot to DOS ...4 DLA ...4 HP xw6400 Workstation ...4 Boot to DOS ...4 DLA ...5 Update BIOS using the Computer Setup Utility (F10 Setup 5 Auto Boot Order ...5 HP xw8400 Workstation ...6 Boot to DOS ...6 DLA ...6 Update BIOS using the Computer Setup Utility (F10 setup 6 Two identical SATA optical disc drive models connected to the SAS ports 6 Auto boot order ...7 HP xw9400 Workstation ...7 Boot to DOS ...7 DLA ...7 Two identical SATA optical disc drive models connected to the SAS ports 7 Overview of Boot to DOS and DLA capabilities by platform 8