Exit Menu; Temporarily Changing The Boot Device Priority - MAXDATA PLATINUM User Manual

ATAPI CDROM Drives Submenu
For options on this menu, use the up or down arrow keys to select a device.
Feature
Lists Bootable Removable
devices in the system.

Exit Menu

You can make the following selections on the Exit Menu. Select an option using the up or
down arrow keys. Press <Enter> to run the option. Pressing <Esc> does not exit this menu.
You must select one of the items from the menu or menu bar to exit.
Choices
Exit Saving Changes
Exit Discarding Changes
Load BIOS Setup Defaults
Load Custom Defaults
Save Custom Defaults
Discard Changes

Temporarily Changing the Boot Device Priority

During POST, you can change the boot device priority for the current boot process. The
changes are not saved for the next boot process.
1. Boot the server.
2. At any time during POST, press <Esc>. When POST completes, a popup Boot menu
displays.
3. Use the arrow keys to highlight the device you want the server system to boot from first.
For example, if you want the server system to boot from the CD-ROM first, you select
"CD-ROM Drive. "
NOTE
One of the selections on the popup Boot menu is "Enter Setup. " Selecting this option
brings you into the BIOS Setup. For more information about the BIOS Setup, see "Using
BIOS Setup"
4. Press <Enter>.
5. The boot process continues. When finished, a system prompt displays.
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Option Description
Select one of the This includes any ATAPI CDROM Drive in-
detected devices stalled
Description
Exits and saves changes to CMOS.
Exits without saving changes to CMOS. BIOS Setup utility is exited
and POST continues.
Loads factory default values for all BIOS Setup data.
Loads custom defaults saved from previous Custom Save.
Saves new BIOS settings and stores them as custom default values.
Discards any changes made to BIOS settings and restores previous
settings.
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