Fujitsu Siemens Computers P7230 manual Boot Menu Selecting the Operating System Source

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B o o t M e n u

BOOT MENU - SELECTING THE OPERATING SYSTEM SOURCE

The Boot Menu is used to select the order in which the BIOS searches sources for the operating system. Follow the instructions for Navigating Through the Setup Utility to make any changes. The tables show the names of the menu fields for the Boot menu and its submenu, all of the options for each field, the default settings and a description of the field's function and any special information needed to help understand the field's use.

 

 

 

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

 

 

 

Main

Advanced

Security

Power Savings

Boot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quick Boot:

 

[

 

 

Item Specific Help

 

 

 

Enabled]

 

 

 

 

Boot Time Diagnostic Screen:

[Disabled]

 

 

 

Boot Menu:

 

[Enabled]

[Disabled]

 

 

Preboot Execution Environment

[Enabled]

 

 

All diagnostic tests

 

 

Boot Device Priority

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

will be done.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Enabled]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some diagnostic tests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

may be skipped while

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

booting to speed up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1 Help

Select

Item

ESC Exit

Select

Menu

-/Space

Change

Values

Enter

Select

Sub-Menu

F9 Setup Defaults

F10 Save and Exit

 

 

 

Figure 16.

Boot Menu

Table 16: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Boot Menu

 

 

 

 

Menu Field

Options

Default

Description

 

 

 

 

 

QuickBoot:

Disabled

[Enabled]

Turns on and off booting with a truncated set of Power On Self

 

Enabled

 

Test. (Fewer tests mean faster turn on.)

 

 

 

 

 

Boot-time Diagnostic

Disabled

[Disabled]

Turns on and off display of test results instead of Fujitsu logo

Screen:

Enabled

 

screen during Power On Self Test.

 

 

 

 

 

Boot Menu:

Disabled

[Enabled]

This field is not active unless the Supervisor’s Password has been

 

Enabled

 

set. When disabled, access to the Boot Menu with the [F12] key is

 

 

 

 

disabled. When enabled, the Boot Menu is enabled and the [F12]

 

 

 

 

key will allow you to display it.

 

 

 

 

 

Preboot Execution

Disabled

[Enabled]

Turns off and on the preboot execution environment feature.

Environment

Enabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boot Device Priority

Selects Boot

This menu allows setting up the source for the operating system.

 

 

Device Priority

 

 

 

 

submenu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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P7230 specifications

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