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MX2 Reference Guide E-EQ-MX2RG-L-ARC
TE Selection Menu
The TE Selection menu is generally not displayed on an MX2 computer since dual TE’s are not
supported. However, the TE Selection Menu may also be used to display multiple Autologin
hosts for some TE’s. Please refer to the appropriate terminal emulation reference guide and the
“DOS Autoconfigurator Instructions” for more details.
Menu Customization
The system administrator may change almost every facet of the menu display by modifying the
variables found at the top of TESELECT.BAT. Details on modifying the TESLECT.BAT file are
included in the “DOS Autoconfigurator Instructions”.
Drive D
Drive D is a RAM disk drive. By default, this drive resides in extended memory and is sized 1MB
less than the total RAM in the unit.
Drive D can be used for short-term data storage. Programs that need to be loaded into memory
and then removed from memory quickly can also be located there. The drive can also be used for
scratch disk space or temporary files.
The MX2 preserves the data on drive D between warm or cold boots by checking for an existing
RAM disk. However, only minimal checking is performed on any disk that is found. If something
happens to a unit and data integrity becomes questionable, you should use the CHKDSK utility to
detect and correct errors on drive D.
Drive E
Drive E is the ATA flash card. The PC card looks like a hard disk drive to the operating system
and the user. More flexible than flash disk drive C, it can be used for safer and more permanent
bulk storage of batch data than the RAM disk (drive D). This drive exists only on systems
configured to use ATA flash cards.
Drive E could also be a peer-to-peer or client-server network drive that is accessed through an RF
or Ethernet network card link. This option allows the developer to make many network drives
(drives E, F, etc.) available to applications.
