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n BOOT Device Specification -- the board's Configuration Memory also contains a
parameter indicating whether a hard disk or floppy drive is to be used as a boot device.
SETUP's Extended Options/Peripheral Configuration menu (second menu page) contains
this setting. Using this option, the boot device can be set as either the "Floppy Drive" or
"DOS Hard Drive". When "DOS Hard Drive" is selected, the drive indicated by the "1st
Hard Disk" in the "DOS Disk Map," defined above, becomes the boot drive.
Once the system's Configuration Memory is properly configured in this manner, the AT hard
disk controller (or ATA) interfaced hard disk drive(s) can be formatted and otherwise prepared
in the standard manner. Refer to your operating system, disk controller, and disk drive
documentation for specific procedures and requirements.