ErgoPro e-, x- and s- Series PC Specialist's Handbook
Page 38 First Edition, Release 4 - June 1998
This parameter allows the administrator to specify a minimum length for the User password. If a minimum length
is set, a User password is valid only if it conforms to the limit. The user is not allowed to start the system until a
password with the valid length is defined.
To specify the minimum password length, select the parameter, press ENTER, and type the number of
characters (0 - 30) that the password length must at least be to be considered a valid password.
Boot medium 1, Boot medium 2, Boot medium 3
The boot medium parameters help you to protect your system by specifying the boot medium order for system
boot up.
The system boots first from whatever medium is set as Boot medium 1, then 2, and finally 3. By customising the
boot up order you can, for instance, rule out a medium you consider unsafe. The available values for boot media
and their effect on boot up order are:
None
If you specify None for all parameters, the system will not boot. However, should you only want to specify
one or two boot parameter(s), set the one(s) you are not using to None.
Floppy
System boots from the diskette (floppy) according to the medium you designated it to.
Hard disk
System boots from the fixed disk according to the medium value you give it.
Network
System boots from the network protocol. The alternatives available are: Novell RPL (Novell)RPL/BOOTP
(LAN Manager and UNIX dialects)IEEE 802.1 (UNIX dialects) and Other (to be used when the boot
procedure is handled by an expansion board with an ICL BIOS.
Compatible
Specifies the following default order for boot up: first from a diskette, then from the fixed disk, and lastly
over the network. This value can be only selected for Boot medium 1 ; if selected, the other boot medium
parameters are set to None automatically.
NOTE: If using an expansion board that does not have an ICL BIOS, select Compatible for
Boot medium 1.
Floppy controller
This parameter controls the operation of the onboard diskette drive controller. The available values and their
usage are described below.
Disabled
You do not use the onboard controller. If this is the case and no other diskette drive controller is installed,
set the values for Floppy drive 0 and Floppy drive 1 in the Admin-Config menu to None.
Server mode
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