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8580/8590 Vehicle-Mount Computer User Manual E-19
Appendix E: BIOS
Boot Device Priority
E.6.1 Boot Device Priority
Feature Options Description
Boot Priority
Selection
Device Based
Type Based
Select between device and type based boot pri-
ority lists. The “device based” boot priority list
allows you to select from a list of currently
detected devices only. The “type based” boot
priority list allows you to select device types,
even if a respective device is not yet present.
Moreover, the “device based” boot priority list
might change dynamically in cases when
devices are physically removed or added to the
system. The “type based” boot menu is static
and can only be changed by the user.
1st, 2nd, 3rd,...
Boot Device
(Up to 12 boot
devices can be pri-
oritized if device
based priority list
control is selected.
If “Type Based”
priority list control
is enabled only 8
boot devices can
be prioritized.)
Disabled
Primary master
Primary slave
Secondary
master
Secondary slave
Legacy floppy
USB hard disk
USB CDROM
USB removable
Dev.
Onboard LAN
External LAN
PCI mass
storage
PCI SCSI card
Any PCI BEV
device
Third master
Third slave
This view is only available when in the default
“type based” mode.
When in “device based” mode you will only see
the devices that are currently connected to the
system. The default boot priority is Removably
1st, ATAPI CDROM 2nd, Hard Disk 3rd, BEV
4th (BEV = Boot Entry Vector, e.g. network or
SCSI option-Rooms).