On Friday, 22.04.2005 at 23:27 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > 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. This is all very useful to know: many thanks Henrique ... :-) Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - davee@sungate.co.uk - jabber: davee@jabber.org All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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