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You can now access the utility partition by pressing when prompted during the power-on self-test (POST). For more information about the utility partition, see "Utility Partition" found later in this chapter. The Create Diskettes category allows you to create blank, formatted diskettes as well as diskettes of system utilities and operating system-specific drivers. The following subsections describe the options available in this category. This option allows you to create blank, formatted diskettes. This option allows you to create bootable utility diskettes for running the RCU and the RAID controller configuration utility. The following subsections describe the choices available with this option. This option allows you to create a bootable system configuration utility diskette (or diskettes). Dell recommends running the RCU from a diskette so you can copy your configuration information to the diskette any time you change system configuration parameters. This option allows you to create a bootable diagnostics diskette. This option allows you to copy the configuration utility for the optional RAID controller from the CD to a bootable diskette. This option allows you to create a utility diskette for assigning an asset tag number to your system. This option allows you to create a diskette that contains the software drivers for a specific operating system. You can create a diskette of drivers for one of the following supported operating systems: Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Novell IntranetWare 4.11 (also called NetWare® 4.11) Other operating systems The following subsections describe the choices available with this option. Using the Dell Server Assistant CD 2-5

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Using the Dell Server Assistant CD
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You can now access the utility partition by pressing <F10> when prompted during the
power-on self-test (POST).
For more information about the utility partition, see “Utility Partition” found later in
this chapter.
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This option allows you to create blank, formatted diskettes.
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This option allows you to create bootable utility diskettes for running the RCU and the
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This option allows you to create a bootable system configuration utility diskette (or
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configuration information to the diskette any time you change system configuration
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This option allows you to create a bootable diagnostics diskette.
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This option allows you to copy the configuration utility for the optional RAID controller
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This option allows you to create a utility diskette for assigning an asset tag number to
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This option allows you to create a diskette that contains the software drivers for a spe-
cific operating system. You can create a diskette of drivers for one of the following
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Novell IntranetWare 4.11 (also called NetWare
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