Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
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Password on Boot
—This setting controls whether or not a password
is required to boot the system. If enabled, the user must enter the User
Password to boot the system. The default setting is
Disabled
.
•
Write Protect Boot Sector
—When set to
Yes
, this setting prevents
modification of a hard disk boot sector via INT 13h services, which
may help prevent certain computer viruses from infecting the
controller. This setting does not prevent boot sector modification by
32-bit operating system drivers that access the hard disk directly. The
default is
No
.
Boot Setup Menu
This screen displays the boot order of devices associated with the
controller. The BIOS proceeds down the
Boot priority order list
in search
of a bootable device. Devices under the
Excluded from boot order
list
will not be used for booting. If the BIOS fails to find any bootable device,
the message
Operating System Not Found
is displayed, and the
system halts.
•
IDE HDD
—The internal hard drive.
•
USB HDD
—A USB based flash drive or hard disk drive.
•
USB CDROM
—A USB based CD-ROM drive.
•
USB FDC
—A USB based floppy disk drive.
•
PCI SCSI
—A SCSI drive (hard disk drive or CD-ROM) connected
through a SCSI controller in the PXI chassis.
•
PCI LAN
—A PXE Network boot device, if
PXE Network Boot
is
enabled on the
Advanced
menu.
Exiting BIOS Setup
The
Exit
setup menu includes all available options for exiting, saving, and
loading the BIOS default configuration. As an alternative to this screen,
press <F9> to load BIOS default settings and <F10> to save changes and
exit setup.
The
Exit
setup menu includes the following settings:
•
Exit Saving Changes
—Any changes made to BIOS settings are stored
in the battery-backed System CMOS. The setup program then exits
and reboots the controller.
•
Exit Discarding Changes
—Any changes made to BIOS settings
during this session of the BIOS setup program are discarded. The setup
program then exits and boots the controller without rebooting first.
