B • Appendix B: Ami Bios Setup Utility - GE VMIVME-7805 Hardware Reference Manual

B • Appendix B: AMI BIOS Setup Utility
B.1 First Boot
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This appendix gives a brief description of the setup options in the system BIOS.
Due to the custom nature of GE Single Board Computers, your BIOS options may
vary from the options discussed in this appendix.
AMI refers to their BIOS setup screens as ezPORT.
To Access the First Boot setup screen press the
To access the setup screens, press the
The VMIVME-7805/VME-7805RC have a First Boot menu enabling the user to, on
a one time basis, select a drive device to boot from. This feature is useful when
installing from a bootable disk. For example, when installing Windows XP from a
CD, enter the First Boot menu and use the arrows keys to highlight ATAPI CD-
ROM Drive. Press
E
NTER
This feature is accessed by pressing the
cycle. The selection made from this screen applies to the current boot only, and
will not be used during the next boot-up of the system. If you have trouble
accessing this feature, disable the QuickBoot Mode in the Boot BIOS setup screen.
Exit, saving changes and retry accessing the First Boot menu.
key at the beginning of boot.
DEL
to continue with system boot.
key at the very beginning of the boot
F11
1. + Removable Devices:
2. + Hard Drive
3. ATAPI CD-ROM Drive
4. MBA UNDI (Bus 1 Slot 6) LAN 1
<Enter Setup>
key at the beginning of boot.
F11
Boot Menu