APOLLO user manual
Issue G
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Advanced menu
The
Advanced
menu is used to configure the advanced features available on your
system’s chipset:
The following table explains the settings you can choose:
Field
Explanation
Installed O/S
Choose the operating system that is to be used, e.g. WinXP.
ACPI configuration settings are adjusted for each selected OS to
provide optimum system performance.
Reset Configuration
Data
Used to clear the Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD)
area. Select either
Yes
(to clear the area) or
No
. When you select
Yes
, the BIOS reinitializes the ECSD data on the next boot.
Large Disk Access
Mode
Indicate whether the operating system you’re using is DOS or
not. You are offered
DOS
by default. Change this to
Other
if you
have an operating system other than DOS, e.g. UNIX.
If the drive configuration shown in BIOS is incorrect when you
attempt to install new software, try changing this setting.
A large disk is one with more than 1024 cylinders, 16
heads or 63 tracks per sector.