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The drive startup sequence allows you to control the startup
sequence of the drives in your server. Each time you turn on the
server, it checks the drives as it looks for the operating system. The
order in which the system checks the drives is the drive-startup
sequence.
In most cases, you do not need to change the default drive-startup
sequence. However, you might want to do so if you are working
with multiple operating systems, or diskette drives of different sizes.
The default drive-startup sequence first checks the primary diskette
drive for a self-starting (bootable) diskette. If one is present, the
operating system or program is loaded from the diskette. If not, the
system then checks the primary hard disk drive for an operating
system. If one is present, it loads the operating system from that
hard disk drive.
If you start the system from a diskette, the drive that contains the
diskette becomes drive A, regardless of the defined sequence, and
the first hard disk drive that you select in the startup sequence
becomes drive C.
If you elect to switch the startup sequence of the diskette drives, use
the Floppy Options selection in the System Configuration Utility
program Main Menu screen.
To change the startup sequence:
1. Start the System Configuration Utility program.
2. Select Peripheral Configuration Group.
3. Scroll through the settings and locate the Boot Subsystem
Group; then, follow the instructions on the screen.
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