Dell Latitude XPi CD, Reference Manual

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Manage the suspend-to-disk partition on the hard-
disk drive
In all operating systems, use the instructions in “Sus-
pend-to-Disk Utility” found later in this section to
delete and recreate the suspend-to-disk partition on
the hard-disk drive. For more information, see “Sus-
pend-to-Disk Mode” in the online System User’s
Guide.
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Assign an asset tag code for your computer
In all operating systems, see “Asset Tag Utility”
found later in this section to assign this code.
Asset Tag Utility
The Asset Tag utility (asset.com) allows you or your orga-
nization to assign an asset tag code for your computer
without attaching an adhesive label to the computer. You can
then view the code on the display.
Use the information in the following subsection to assign,
change, or delete an asset tag code. You can view the
code on the System Setup screens.
If the path statement in your autoexec.bat file does not
already contain the directory in which you installed the Asset
Tag utility, modify the path statement to include that direc-
tory. (See your MS-DOS reference documentation for
information on modifying the autoexec.bat file.)
Assigning, Changing, and Deleting an
Asset Tag Code
An asset tag code can have up to ten characters; any com-
bination of characters excluding spaces is valid.
To assign or change an asset tag code, type
asset
at the
operating system prompt. Then type a space, the new code,
and press <
ENTER
>. For example, if the asset tag code is
1234567890, type the following and press <
ENTER
>:
asset 1234567890
When asked ... Are you sure? [y,n] , type
y
and
press <
ENTER
>.
The computer then displays the new or modified asset tag
code as well as the service tag code Dell assigned to your
computer.
To view an existing asset tag code, type
asset
and press
<
ENTER
>.
To delete the asset tag code without assigning a new one,
type
asset /d
and press <
ENTER
>.
To display a help screen for this utility, type
asset /?
and press <
ENTER
>.
Configuring PC Cards
In MS-DOS, you can configure installed PC Cards and
install their device drivers using the PCM configuration
utility.
NOTE: You do not have to run the PCM utility every time
you insert or remove a PC Card. Run the utility only when
you want to change how a card is configured.
Use the utility to perform the following tasks:
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Remap the hardware configuration of a port on a
card.
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Configure the computer to load device drivers into
memory each time you boot the computer.
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Reconfigure the computer to load device drivers for
new or additional PC Cards.
•
Increase the amount of available MS-DOS conven-
tional memory by reconfiguring the computer to not
load specified device drivers.
To start the utility, type
cd c:\pcm
at the MS-DOS
prompt and press <
ENTER
>. Follow the instructions on
the screen to perform the necessary configuration tasks
for your PC Cards.
Suspend-to-Disk Utility
If Dell installed the operating system on your hard-disk
drive, the Suspend-to-Disk utility was used to create a
hard-disk drive partition—the S2D partition—that
matches the size of your memory configuration. This par-
tition stores all the system data that is copied and saved
when you activate suspend-to-disk mode.
The S2D partition consists of a small physical partition
on your hard-disk drive and a portion of your MS-DOS
file system.
The Suspend-to-Disk utility allows you to manage the
S2D partition in your file system as your computing
needs change. Use the instructions in this subsection to
remove the S2D partition if you need the space for other
purposes and to recreate the partition when necessary.
Depending on the amount of system memory installed in