User Guide

4-20 AcerAltos 21000 System Guide
4.6.6 System Boot Drive
This parameter allows you to specify the system search sequence.
The selections are:
•
Drive A then C:
The system checks drive A first. If there is
a diskette in the drive, the system boots from drive A.
Otherwise, it boots from drive C.
•
Drive C then A:
The system checks drive C first. If there is
a hard disk (drive C) installed, the system boots from drive C.
Otherwise, it boots from drive A.
•
C:
The system always boots from drive C.
•
A:
The system always boots from drive A.
4.6.7 Boot From IDE CD-ROM
When set to
Enabled
, the system checks for a bootable CD in the
IDE CD-ROM drive. If a CD is present, the system boots from the
CD-ROM; otherwise, it boots from the drive specified in the System
Boot Drive parameter. When set to
Disabled
, the system boots
from the drive specified in the System Boot Drive parameter.
Note that the CD-ROM drive mentioned above
refers to an IDE CD-ROM drive. When setting
the boot options for a SCSI CD-ROM drive, see
section 4.7.1 for details on SCSI device boot
parameters.
4.6.8 Single Processor MP Table
Enabling this parameter allows BIOS to create a multiprocessor (MP)
table for Windows NT use. In a single-processor system running
Windows NT, you may disable this parameter to enhance system
performance. If you install another CPU for a dual (or multiprocessor)
system, enable this parameter and then reinstall Windows NT.