Overview Of Boot To Dos And Dla Capabilities By Platform - HP Xw6400 - Workstation - 4 GB RAM Overview

Overview of Boot to DOS and DLA capabilities by platform

Note: In all SATA emulation modes and platforms, DOS boot and DLA capabilities can be achieved
by using a USB Disk On Key (DOK).
xw4400
xw6400
xw8400
xw9400
Oakcdrom.sys* is able to detect and address the SATA CD-ROM.
1
2 Requires a 3rd party DOS SATA CD-ROM driver.
3 The SATA port that has the SATA optical disc drive attached must have RAID disabled.
A) Develop and use a DOS bootable USB Disk On Key (DOK).
B) Develop and use a WinPE based CD-ROM or DOK.
C) If DLA is not required, then use ISOLinux to 'wrap' your current bootable DOS CD-ROM.
D) If DLA is required to access tools and/or utilities, use ISOLinux to 'wrap' your current
bootable DOS CD-ROM, and place these files on a network share.
E) Change SATA emulation and/or RAID settings to a mode that meets your needs for imaging.
F) If DLA is required to access tools and/or utilities, place these files on a network share.
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SATA Emulation Mode Boot to DOS
Combined Yes
Separate Yes
AHCI Yes
RAID+AHCI Yes
Combined Yes
Separate Yes
RAID+AHCI No
Combined Yes
Separate Yes
RAID+AHCI No
SAS No
Raid Disabled Yes
Raid Enabled Yes
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SAS No
DLA Workarounds
Yes 1 N/A
Yes 2 N/A
No A, D, E
No A, D, E
Yes N/A
1
Yes N/A
2
No A, B, C, D, E
Yes 1 N/A
Yes 2 N/A
No A, B, C, D, E
No A
Yes 2 N/A
No A, E, F
No A
Planned Fix
N/A
N/A
None Planned
None Planned
N/A
N/A
Under Investigation
N/A
N/A
Under Investigation
Under Investigation
N/A
None Planned
Under Investigation