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Boot Sequence:
Use this option to define how the system treats floppy drive A: when booting.
You can boot from a floppy in the A: drive or boot directly from the fixed disk
drive. To reduce the amount of time required to boot, set the boot sequence
to use the
C: drive only
. Note that the C: drive may be an IDE drive or Flash
memory. The options are as follows:
1.
A: then C:
Used to boot from the floppy disk drive, or if no floppy
is present in the A: drive, boot from the C: drive.
2.
C: then A:
Used to boot from the C: drive, whether Flash or IDE,
or if none is present, boot from the A: drive.
3.
C: only
Used to boot from the C: drive without searching for
an A: drive.
The default is A: then C:. The setting chosen here displays in the Boot
Sequence Sub-Menu prompt.
About Drive Letter Assignment
The BIOS determines the boot device algorithmically. First it determines
where the floppy drive fits into the sequence; however, for simplicity here,
assume no A: drive. The BIOS starts by determining if an IDE controller is
enabled. If so, this becomes the C: drive and is expected to be the boot
device.
The BIOS searches memory for enabled mass-storage devices, and builds a
device table. The first device it finds will be the C: drive, and thus the boot
device. The search is performed either prior to IDE installation or after,
depending on the selection in the Advanced Menu.
If an IDE drive is specified in the BIOS setup, it becomes the C: drive. Next,
the BIOS looks for BIOS extensions predefined offsets with C800h to
DFFFFh, up to the maximum of two drives.
There are many different boot options. One supported directly on the EPC-
26A/27 hardware and BIOS is booting from a Flash ROMdisk. For more
information on booting from a Flash ROMdisk, refer to setups in the
Advanced Menu and the
XFORMAT Software User’s Manual.
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