System Boot Drive Control; Serial Port Base Address; System Boot Drive Control Settings - Acer AcerNote Light User Manual

4.5.3

System Boot Drive Control

This parameter determines which drive the notebook boots from when you
turn it on. The following table lists the three possible settings.
Table 4-4

System Boot Drive Control Settings

Setting
Auto
Drive A Then C
(default)
Drive C Then A
4.5.4

Serial Port Base Address

The serial port can accomodate a modem, serial mouse, serial printer, or
other serial devices. The default setting for the serial port base address is
[3F8h(IRQ 4)]
Other options include:
2F8h(IRQ 3)
Disabled
Make sure the serial port base address does not conflict with the address
used by a PCMCIA card, if one is installed.
1
An installed PCMCIA bootable card overrides this setting. The notebook supports SRAM card boot.
2
The parameter value is the base address expressed in hexadecimal.
Setup
1
Description
Notebook boots from diskette drive A. If there is no system
disk in drive A, the notebook boots from hard disk drive C. If
the hard disk is a non-system disk, an error message appears.
Notebook boots from diskette drive A. If drive A does not have
a system disk, an error message appears.
Notebook boots from hard disk drive C. If the hard disk is a
non-system disk, an error message appears.
2
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