Overview of BIOS Features

3.7 Boot Options

In the BIOS Setup program, the user can choose to boot from an ATAPI removable media device, hard drives, CD-ROM, or the network. Boot devices are defined in priority order. The default setting is for the CD-ROM drive to be the primary boot device and the hard drive to be the secondary boot device.

3.7.1CD-ROM and Network Boot

Booting from CD-ROM is supported in compliance to the El Torito bootable CD-ROM format specification. The network can also be selected as a boot device. This selection allows booting from a network add-in card with a remote boot ROM installed.

For information about

Refer to

The El Torito specification

Section 1.3, page 13

 

 

3.7.2Booting Without Attached Devices

For use in embedded applications, the BIOS has been designed so that after passing the POST, the operating system loader is invoked even if the keyboard and mouse are not connected.

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