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Chapter 4: BIOS setup
4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1. ASUS AFUDOS
(Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy
disk.)
2. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2
(Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk
or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or gets cor
-
rupted.)
3. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows
®
environment.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
4.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk
To create a bootable floppy disk in a DOS environement:
a. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk into the drive.
b. At the DOS prompt, type
format A:/S
then press <Enter>.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy
disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original
motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities.
Summary of Contents for Pedestal Server TS100-E4/PI2
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