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

[Steven Vollom]

> 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.  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.  Additionally, I don't even have a floppy drive.  
The ASUS BIOS instructions talk about making a bottable floppy; can I do that 
with a thumb drive?
> Setting the BIOS to always boot from the CD/DVD drive can be done in the
> BIOS if it is not already the default.

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.
> You can even run the Live CD to see if it will work well with your
> components before you even install.  Windows doesn't do that!
> Good luck!  Thanks friend,

Steven
>
> Tom Bell
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> and late 2nd centuries.