Samsung 164BX user manual Arcsbios Setup, Run a Program, Environment Variables

ARCSBIOS Setup.

c.Memory Information. The Total Memory section displays the total amount of memory in the system in Kilobytes. The Free Memory section displays the amount of memory available to the operating system. The ECC Mem indicator tells if the memory in the system allows the system to use error correcting codes. The DIMM table shows what banks are populated with DIMMS and what size they are.

d.I/O Section. The serial port section show what serial ports were detected in the system. The Mouse section shows the type of mouse that was detected on the sys- tem. The type of mouse to be detected is set in the Set Device Option portion of Advanced Setup (see Section 7.2.3). The Parallel section shows the parallel port that is detected on the system. The IRQ of the parallel port can be set in the Set Device Options section of Advanced Setup (see Section 7.2.3).

e.The Drive Section. The drive section displays the floppy drives, IDE devices, and SCSI devices attached to the motherboard. In Figure 7–0 the type section is left blank for the hard drive and CD-ROM drive. In a real system the manufacturer and model of the drives would be displayed.

7.2 ARCSBIOS Setup.

If you choose the enter setup option on the main screen, you will be taken to another screen with the setup menu in the foreground and the system configuration tree in the background. The following selections are listed on the menu: Run a Program, Envi- ronment Variables, Set Time & Date, System Configuration, Print Configuration, and Add-in Board Utilities.

7.2.1 Run a Program

Selecting the Run a Program option will bring up a window that says Enter full path of program to run -->. This allows you to run programs from floppy, hard disk, or CD-ROM drive. This option is used to begin the installation of Windows NT or to run a system configuration utility. The path is composed of the drive letter (use CD for the CD-ROM drive) followed by a colon and a backslash and the name of the directory it is in, if any, followed by a back slash and the file name.

7.2.2 Environment Variables

The environment variables tell the system where to look to boot Windows NT. They are created when Windows NT is installed. They should not be changed under nor-

mal circumstances.

Configuring for Windows NT 7–3