Gateway ALR 9200 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
Setup Menus 95
Boot Menu
The boot menu contains seven fields that allow you to control the boot
process. Three of these fields open submenus. Table 22 lists the fields and
the options for each.
Baud Rate 9600
19.2k
38.4k
115.2k
When console redirection is enabled, this field
selects the baud rate.
When the Emergency Management Port (EMP)
shares the COM port as console redirection, the
baud rate must be set to 19.2k to match the
EMP baud rate, unless you use the autobaud
feature.
Flow Control No flow control
CTS/RTS
XON/XOFF
CTS/RTS + CD
None
disallows flow control.
CTS/RTS
is hardware flow control.
XON/XOFF
is software flow control.
CTS/RTS +CD
is hardware plus carrier-detect flow
control.
Table 22: Boot Menu
Field Options Description
Floppy Check Disabled
Enabled
If
Enabled
, system verifies the diskette type on
boot.
Disabled
results in a faster boot.
Multi-boot Support Disabled
Enabled
This option should remain enabled unless you
install more than eight hard drives in the
system.
Boot Device Priority N/A Enters submenu.
Hard Drive N/A Enters submenu.
Removable Devices N/A Enters submenu.
Maximum Number of
I2O Drives
1
4
Selects the maximum number of I
2
O drives
assigned a DOS drive letter.
Message Timeout
Multiplier
1, 2, 8, 10, 50,
100, 1000
All timeout values are multiplied by this number.
Table 21: Console Redirection Submenu (Continued)
Field Options Description
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