Dell OptiPlex GXi, Reference And Installation Manual

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Commands presented in lowercase bold are for refer-
ence purposes only and are not intended to be typed
at that particular point in the discussion.
Example: “Use the format command to. . . .”
In contrast, commands presented in the
Courier
font are intended to be typed as part of an instruction.
Example: “Type
format a:
to format the diskette in
drive A.”
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Filenames and directory names are presented in low-
ercase bold.
Examples: autoexec.bat and c:\windows
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Syntax lines consist of a command and all its
possible parameters. Commands are displayed in
lowercase bold; variable parameters (those for which
you substitute a value) are displayed in lowercase
italics; constant parameters are displayed in lower-
case bold. The brackets indicate items that are
optional.
Example:
del
[ drive
:
] [ path ] filename [
/p
]
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Command lines consist of a command and may
include one or more of the command’s possible
parameters. Command lines are presented in the
Courier
font.
Example:
del c:\myfile.doc
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Screen text is text that appears on the screen of your
monitor or display. It can be a system message, for
example, or it can be text that you are instructed to
type as part of a command (referred to as a
command
line ). Screen text is presented in the
Courier
font.
Example: “Type
md c:\dos
, and then press
<
ENTER
>.”
Example: The following message appears on your
screen:
No boot device available
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Variables are placeholders for which you substitute a
value. They are presented in italics.
Example: DIMM x (where x represents the DIMM socket
designation)