Press <shift-tab> key to display . . . . . .

At bootup I get a screen for about 5-10 seconds that says Press
<shift-tab> key to display network boot option menu. If I do it, I get
a Bootstrap selection menu that gives me 4 options. Why does this
occur and how can I stop it.

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:48:17 UTC, Bob Horvath <>
wrote:

> At bootup I get a screen for about 5-10 seconds that says Press
> <shift-tab> key to display network boot option menu. If I do it, I get
> a Bootstrap selection menu that gives me 4 options. Why does this
> occur and how can I stop it.

It's probably coming from a ROM on the network card. You need to
reconfigure the card. Either there's a key sequence for it, or a
separate NIC utility that turns off network boot. Since you've given no
information about the card at all, I can't help further.
--
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On 27 Feb 2009 07:43:31 GMT, Bob Horvath wrote:

>On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:48:17 UTC, Bob Horvath <>
>wrote:
>
>> At bootup I get a screen for about 5-10 seconds that says Press
>> <shift-tab> key to display network boot option menu. If I do it, I get
>> a Bootstrap selection menu that gives me 4 options. Why does this
>> occur and how can I stop it.
>
>It's probably coming from a ROM on the network card. You need to
>reconfigure the card. Either there's a key sequence for it, or a
>separate NIC utility that turns off network boot. Since you've given no
>information about the card at all, I can't help further.

Thanks for the reply. It's a VIA Rhine ll Fast Ethernet Adaptor on
board NIC

On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:45:01 UTC, Bob Horvath <>
wrote:

> On 27 Feb 2009 07:43:31 GMT, Bob Horvath wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:48:17 UTC, Bob Horvath <>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> At bootup I get a screen for about 5-10 seconds that says Press
> >> <shift-tab> key to display network boot option menu. If I do it, I get
> >> a Bootstrap selection menu that gives me 4 options. Why does this
> >> occur and how can I stop it.
> >
> >It's probably coming from a ROM on the network card. You need to
> >reconfigure the card. Either there's a key sequence for it, or a
> >separate NIC utility that turns off network boot. Since you've given no
> >information about the card at all, I can't help further.
>
> Thanks for the reply. It's a VIA Rhine ll Fast Ethernet Adaptor on
> board NIC

Then go to www.viaarena.com and have a look for setup
utility/documentation for a key combination.
--
Bob Eager
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
http://www.mirrorservice.org

Bob Horvath <> wrote:
> At bootup I get a screen for about 5-10 seconds that says Press
> <shift-tab> key to display network boot option menu. If I do it, I get
> a Bootstrap selection menu that gives me 4 options. Why does this
> occur and how can I stop it.

Do you have a BIOS option for boot order? If so, try changing network
boot to a lower priority, after HD.

On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:53:14 GMT, Bob Horvath wrote:

>Bob Horvath <> wrote:
>> At bootup I get a screen for about 5-10 seconds that says Press
>> <shift-tab> key to display network boot option menu. If I do it, I get
>> a Bootstrap selection menu that gives me 4 options. Why does this
>> occur and how can I stop it.
>
>Do you have a BIOS option for boot order? If so, try changing network
>boot to a lower priority, after HD.

Hi, I don't see any boot option in the bios.