Re: Intel servers: Debian support? (spec. RAID controllers)
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Dave Ewart wrote:
> > > Do you mean you have to install Windows in order to do the firmware/BIOS
> > > setup?
> >
> > No, intel's CD will do it before even attempting an windows install.
>
> Ah, right: so Intel's CDs are bootable and let you set up the RAID
> arrays etc., prior to installing *any* OS?
Yes. They use freedos or something like that. And they also install a
service partition that you should avoid overwriting later on, since it might
be useful for system repair.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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