Boot Device Priority Submenu; Hard Drive Submenu - Gateway ALR 9200 Maintaining And Troubleshooting

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Boot Device Priority Submenu

The boot device priority submenu allows you to set the relative priority of
boot devices. The device identified as priority one is the first device
searched for boot data. If that device does not have boot data or is not ready,
the system looks for boot data on the second priority device and so on.
Use the up- or down-arrow keys to select a device. Press the
move the device higher or lower in the boot priority list. Table 23 shows the
structure of the boot device priority submenu.
Table 23: Boot Device Priority Submenu
Priority Device
1. Diskette drive
2. Removable devices
3. Hard drive
4. ATAPI CD-ROM drive

Hard Drive Submenu

The hard drive submenu allows you to set the priority of the hard drives in
respect to the boot sequence. For options on this menu, use the up or down
arrow keys to select a device. Press the
or lower in the boot priority list. Table 24 shows the manner in which the
drives are displayed.
Table 24: Hard Drive Submenu Boot Sequence
Option
1. Drive #1 (or actual drive string)
2. Other bootable drives (additional
entries for each drive that has a
PnP header)
Description
Attempts to boot from drive A.
Attempts to boot from a removable media device
Attempts to boot from a hard drive.
Attempts to boot from an ATAPI CD-ROM drive
or keys to move the device higher
+ -
Description
N/A
Covers all the boot devices that are not reported to
the system BIOS through the BIOS boot specification
mechanism.
or keys to
+ -