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Once the memory is present, the compressed portions of the BIOS are
If a video adapter is in the system it is located and initialized. The video adapter will
<F2> Enter Setup <SPACE> Skip Memory <ESC> BOOT Menu
If the F2 key is pressed, the message below will be displayed and the ROM UTILITIES will be entered after the option ROM scan.
Entering Setup…..
The BIOS now starts to size and clear all system memory, displaying its progress on the screen. The BIOS will then
8.2.1 Boot Menu
During POST display, the ESC key can be pressed to invoke the
Please select boot device:
IBA FE Slot 0128 v4110 __
IBA GE Slot 0229 v1216
IBA GE Slot 0228 v1216
↑and ↓ to move selection
ENTER to select boot device ESC to boot using defaults
The up and down arrows on the keyboard can be used to highlight the device to boot from, and then press <Enter> to boot from it. Removable devices are the floppy drive, or other installed removable media, e.g., ZIP drives. Hard drives are any fixed disk (IDE, SCSI) in the system. Other devices may appear in the list, such as Ethernet boot ROM agents from
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