RAS96 RASCard User Guide
Halt On
The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up.
All errors Whenever the BIOS detects a
No errors The system boot will not be stopped for any error that may be detected.
All, But The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error; it will stop for all other Keyboard errors.
All, But The system boot will not stop for a disk error; it will stop for all other Diskette errors.
All, But The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error; it will stop for Disk/Key all other errors (Default).
Memory
The category is
Base | The POST determines the amount of base (or conventional) memory |
Memory | installed in the system. The value of the base memory is typically 640K |
| for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard. |
Extended | The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the |
Memory | POST. This is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the CPU’s |
| memory address map. |
Expanded | Expanded Memory is memory defined by the Lotus/Intel/Microsoft |
Memory | (LIM) standard as Expanded Memory Specification (EMS). While most |
| standard DOS applications cannot access memory above 640K, EMS |
| provides an interface allowing access to all system memory. Though still |
| in use by some DOS applications, EMS is rapidly declining in |
| importance, since new processors and operating systems prefer |
| extended memory. A special, expanded memory device driver is |
| required to use memory as Expanded Memory. |
Other | This refers to the memory located in the 640K to 1024K address space. |
Memory | This is memory that can be used for different applications. DOS uses |
| this area to load device drivers in an effort to keep as much base memory |
| free for application programs. The BIOS is the most frequent user of this |
| RAM area, since this is where it shadows RAM. |
26 | CommPlete Communications Server |
