ECS P4IBMS Instruction Manual page 49

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Quick Power On Self Test (Enabled)
Enable this item to shorten the power on testing (POST) and
have your system start up faster. You might like to enable this
item after you are confident that your system hardware is op-
erating smoothly.
First/Second/Third Boot Device (Floppy/HDD-0/LS120)
Use these three items to select the priority and order of the
devices that your system searches for an operating system at
start-up time.
Boot Other Device (Enabled)
When enabled, the system searches all other possible loca-
tions for an operating system if it fails to find one in the
devices specified under the First, Second, and Third boot de-
vices.
Swap Floppy Drive (Disabled)
If you have two floppy diskette drives in your system, this item
allows you to swap the assigned drive letters so that drive A
becomes drive B, and drive B becomes drive A.
Boot Up Floppy Seek (Enabled)
If this item is enabled, it checks the size of the floppy disk
drives at start-up time. You don't need to enable this item un-
less you have a legacy diskette drive with 360K capacity.
Boot Up NumLock Status (On)
This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when
your system is started.
Gate A20 Option (Fast)
This item defines how the system handles legacy software
that was written for an earlier generation of processors. Leave
this item at the default value.
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