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  From: Timothy Aslat <zaphod@oztek.net.au>
  To  : Linux Mailing List <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 09:18:04 +1030

Re: Accessing BIOS Setup

Sam Silvester wrote:
> I have a couple of old Olivetti M4's (486DX/2) that I had planned on
> putting linux on to run as servers for dhcp and samba, but I can't work
> out what key combination i need to press to get into the setup utility
> to configure the hard disk drives / cd-rom etc.
> I have tried the olivetti website (www.olivettilexikon.com) but haven't
> had any luck.
> Does anyone know what I should do?

It's a good idea to put a couple of 486 machines to some use, but for
the olivetti machines, I think you will find that you require a setup
disk like the old XT and 286 machines.  Compaq use F10, and IBM use
setup disks, or hard drive partitions for most of the machines I've seen
as well.  Olivettis is one of those that tried to make up their own
standards of how PC's should work.

Generally, the setup disks or images of those disks are available for
download from their websites, or a quick search will usually net enough
results to get you started.

Cheers

Tim

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