Planar C3013T Boot Sequence Sub-Menu under Main Menu, Boot Delay, Setup Prompt, Post Errors

Boot Sequence Sub-Menu (under Main Menu)

The Boot Sequence sub-menu accesses Boot Options.

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Figure 18 — Boot Sequence sub-menu.			hh
Boot Delay		h
This option sets t system to delay booting for a time period in seconds. It allows for long
startup timesh	on boot devices that spin uph		slowly, and it ranges from 0–255 secondsThe.	default

is 0 seconds.

Boot Sequence

This defines how the system treats floppy drive A when booting. Booting can occur from a flop- py in the A drive or directly from the fixed disk drive. To reduce the amount of time required to boot, the boot sequence should be set to C: only. The options are:

1.A: then C: Boots from the floppy drive, or if no floppy disk is present in the A drive, boots from the C drive.

2.C: then A: Boots from the C drive, or if none is present, boots from the A drive.

3.C: only: Boots from the C drive without searching for an A drive.

The default is A: then C:. The selected boot sequence setting displays in the Boot Sequence sub-menu field in the Main menu (see Figure 17).

SETUP Prompt

This option enables or disables the message Press F2 to enter Setup. Even if the message is dis- abled, the <F2> key can still be pressed at the appropriate time to enter the Setup menu. The default is Enabled.

POST Errors

This option stops the boot process if the POST encounters errors. Otherwise, the system contin- ues to attempt to boot despite any startup error messages that display. Note that this option only affects those errors defined at build-time to halt the system. The default is Enabled.

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