Problems installing amd64 with Supermicro motherboard
I have assembled a system with a H8QCE quad socket motherboard (amd dual opteron 875), attaching the two SATA HDs from my previous system dual socket on a Tyan S2895 motherboard (dual opteron 265). No additional card was added, i.e., I am using integrated VGA and JLAN (Gigabit Ethernet RJ45).
The new system launches Debian Linux amd64 etch present on the disks. Before installing Debian amd64 anew, I wanted to configure BIOS. Unable to enter BIOS. What is entered is Intel(R) Boot Agent.
>From a search on internet, it seems that Inter Boot Agent is required by motherboards that incorporate a network system (the present one incorporates a Gibabit, see above). I have also seen that Intel Boot Agent can be suppressed using some extra Intel software.
Initially my new system was not at the router, than it was attached to the router. Can't say if the Intel Boot agent only appeared when the system was at the router.
Well, the hope is that some Debian user have familiarity with such affairs, or that I was grossly unable to find the way to enter BIOS (wath happens at boot goes on so rapidly that there is no time to read. The manual says to enter BIOS with ESC: either ESC or Ctrl + S bring to the Intel Boot Agent.
Thanks
francesco pietra
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