INT F1 - NetWare Remote BootTo start up the computer or operating system. The term "boot" is a contraction of "bootstrap", which in turn comes from the expression "to lift oneself by one's boot straps." The ROM BIOS on IBMInternational Busiuness Machines PCs and compatibles reads in the first sector of the disk, which contains a short (less than 500 bytes) program that reads in a portion of the operating system, which in turn reads in the remainder of the operating system. See also IPL. - INSTALLATION CHECK (NOT A VECTOR!) Note: if this vector contains the value 5774654Eh ("NetW"), the remote boot BIOS(Basic Input/Output System) A set of standardized calls giving low-level access to the hardware. The BIOS is the lowest software layer above the actual hardware and serves to insulate programs (and operating systems) which use it from the details of accessing the hardware directly. extension is active, and access to the floppy disk is redirected to an image file in the server's SYS:LOGIN directory SeeAlso: INT F2"NetWare",INT F3"NetWare",INT F4"NetWare"