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7Shortly after the splash screen is displayed, POST displays the message "Press <F2> to enter Setup…" at the bottom of the screen. At this point, you can press any of the keys identified with an asterisk (*) on the following table, or you can do nothing and wait until the server boots from the
If you enter BIOS setup, the service partition, or the Adaptec® SCSISelect utility, when you exit those features, the server might reboot.
8After POST completes, the system beeps once and then searches all boot devices in the order defined by the boot priority settings in the BIOS. The system finds, loads, and runs the limited operating system on the System CD.
If there is no device with a bootable operating system, the boot process continues, the system beeps once, and the following message is displayed:
Operating system not found
If you have a device with a bootable operating system but see this message anyway, reboot and use BIOS setup to make sure your boot device settings are correct.
Hot keys for POST
The table below lists the hot keys you can use during POST to access setup utilities and alter the normal POST execution.
Items marked with an asterisk (*): Press any of these keys when the prompt "Press <F2> to enter Setup…" is displayed.
To do this: | Press these keys: |
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Abort memory test during POST.
Space
Press while BIOS is updating memory size on screen.
Resume after a POST error is | F1 |
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displaying an error.) |
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Enter BIOS setup during POST. | F2 * |
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Boot to the service partition. | F4 * |
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