Boot Device Priority Submenu

To access this menu, select Boot on the menu bar, then Boot Devices Priority.

Maintenance

Main

Advanced

Security

Power

Boot

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boot Device Priority

Hard Disk Drives

Removable Devices

ATAPI CDROM Drives

The submenu represented in Table 37 is for setting boot devices priority.

Table 37. Boot Device Priority Submenu

Feature

Options

Description

 

 

 

 

 

1st

Boot Device

Removable Dev.

Specifies the boot sequence from the available types of

2nd Boot Device

Hard Drive

boot devices. To specify boot sequence:

rd

Boot Device

ATAPI CD-ROM

1.

Select the boot device with <> or <>.

3

 

 

4th

Boot Device (Note 1)

Intel® UNDI, PXE

2.

Press <Enter> to set the selection as the intended

 

 

Disabled

 

boot device.

 

 

The default settings for the first through fourth boot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

devices are, respectively:

 

 

 

 

Removable Dev.

 

 

 

 

Hard Drive

 

 

 

 

ATAPI CD-ROM

 

 

 

 

Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard Disk Drives Submenu

To access this menu, select Boot on the menu bar, then Hard Disk Drives.

Maintenance

Main

Advanced

Security

Power

Boot

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boot Device Priority

Hard Disk Drives

Removable Devices

ATAPI CDROM Drives

The submenu represented in Table 38 is for setting hard disk drive priority.

Table 38. Hard Disk Drives Submenu

Feature

Options

Description

 

 

 

1st Hard Disk Drive (Note)

Dependent on installed

Specifies the boot sequence from the available hard

 

 

hard drives

disk drives. To specify boot sequence:

 

 

 

1.

Select the boot device with <> or <>.

 

 

 

2.

Press <Enter> to set the selection as the intended

 

 

 

 

boot device.

 

 

 

 

Note:

This boot device submenu appears only if at least one boot device of this type is installed. This list will display up

 

to twelve hard disk drives, the maximum number of hard disk drives supported by the BIOS.

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