Dell POWEREDGE 4300 - Boot Sequence; Diskette First; Hard Disk Only; Keyboard Errors

Using the System Setup Program 4-7
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Keyboard Errors
enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the power-on
self-test (POST), which is a series of tests that the system performs on the hardware
each time you turn on the system or press the reset button.
This option is useful when applied to self-starting servers or host systems that have
no permanently attached keyboard. In these situations, selecting
Do Not Report sup-
presses all error messages relating to the keyboard or to the keyboard controller
during POST. This option does not affect the operation of the keyboard itself if a
keyboard is attached to the computer.
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Boot Sequence
can be set to Diskette First (the default) or to Hard Disk Only.
The term
boot
refers to the system’s start-up procedure. When turned on, the
system “bootstraps” itself into an operational state by loading into memory a
small program that, in turn, loads the necessary operating system. Boot
Sequence
tells the system where to look for the files that it needs to load.
NOTE: If a bootable CD-ROM is in the CD-ROM drive, the system will boot from the
CD-ROM, ignoring any value in
Boot Sequence
. If there is no bootable CD-ROM,
Boot Sequence
will control whether the system boots from a diskette or a hard-disk
drive.
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Selecting Diskette First causes the system to try booting from drive A first. If the
system finds a diskette that is not bootable in the drive or finds a problem with
the drive itself, it displays an error message. If it does not find a diskette in the
drive, the system tries to boot first from the hard-disk drive (drive 0) and then
from the Plug and Play network adapters in the order found.
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Selecting Hard Disk Only causes the system to attempt to boot first from the
hard-disk drive and then from the Plug and Play network adapters in the order
found.
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This option determines the order in which PCI devices are scanned by the system,
and it allows you to select the built-in SCSI controller or an optional PCI expansion-
card SCSI controller as the boot device. The settings are:
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Embedded Devices First
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Slots First (H/L) (the default)
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Slots First (L/H)
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