Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 11-05-2007 Installation Manual page 931

appears, look for a line, usually below the counter or somewhere at the bottom, men-
tioning the key to press to access the BIOS setup. Usually the key to press is Del , F1 ,
or Esc . Press this key until the BIOS setup screen appears.
Procedure 51.1 Changing the BIOS Boot Sequence
1 Enter the BIOS using the proper key as announced by the boot routines and wait
for the BIOS screen to appear.
2 To change the boot sequence in an AWARD BIOS, look for the BIOS FEATURES
SETUP entry. Other manufacturers may have a different name for this, such as
ADVANCED CMOS SETUP. When you have found the entry, select it and confirm
with Enter .
3 In the screen that opens, look for a subentry called BOOT SEQUENCE. The boot
sequence is often set to something like C,A or A,C. In the former case, the ma-
chine first searches the hard disk (C) then the floppy drive (A) to find a bootable
medium. Change the settings by pressing PgUp or PgDown until the sequence is
A,CDROM,C.
4 Leave the BIOS setup screen by pressing Esc . To save the changes, select SAVE
& EXIT SETUP or press F10 . To confirm that your settings should be saved,
press Y .
Procedure 51.2 Changing the Boot Sequence in a SCSI BIOS (Adaptec Host
Adapter)
1 Open the setup by pressing Ctrl + A .
2 Select Disk Utilities, which displays the connected hardware components.
Make note of the SCSI ID of your CD-ROM drive.
3 Exit the menu with Esc .
4 Open Configure Adapter Settings. Under Additional Options, select Boot Device
Options and press Enter .
5 Enter the ID of the CD-ROM drive and press Enter again.
6 Press Esc twice to return to the start screen of the SCSI BIOS.
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