Subject: Using all new components with no OS installed, How do I, install the BIOS. Intrepid 64 at completion.

[Eberhard Roloff]

Steven Vollom wrote:
>> About the boot process, you need to boot from the DVD drive and the
>> motherboard should give some help with how to do that the first time.
> 
> Can I do this before I have an Operating System installed.  
sure. Just look up your motherboard manual's bios section, how to set 
the boot order


They provide a CD
> for installation, however, all conversation is about using Microsoft as the 
> OS, and I will never put Microsoft in this computer?  I am pretty sure their 
> CD is based upon Microsoft.
This does not apply to Linux. Simply forget about this CD, unless you 
want to install Windows directly to your disk.

   Additionally, I don't even have a floppy drive.
This does not matter anymore.

> The ASUS BIOS instructions talk about making a bottable floppy; can I do that 
> with a thumb drive?
You can, but you will not need this. Just set your boot order to DVD 
being first and then boot from DVD.


>> Setting the BIOS to always boot from the CD/DVD drive can be done in the
>> BIOS if it is not already the default.
+1

> 
> I plan to wait until the installation is ready before I download the Intrepid 
> CD.  I want the latest version possible, because they always seem to be 
> improving things that help installation of the more current hardware.
No, Intrepid CDs are what they were, when Intrepid was launched. So as 
long as you plan to use intrepid, it does not matter, when you download 
the iso.


>> You can even run the Live CD to see if it will work well with your
>> components before you even install. 

yes you can. However my experience is that the alternate install CD 
quite often works where the Live-CD install fails.


Kind regards
Eberhard