Choose Language; Use Online Manuals; Configure The System; Run Eisa Configuration Utility - Dell 2100 User Manual

Choose Language

When the system boots, you are given the option of
choosing one of the following languages for the menus,
help screens, messages, and online documentation:
•
German
•
English
•
Spanish
•
French
After you choose a language, the main menu appears in
the chosen language.

Configure the System

The options within the Configure the System category
are used for configuring your system. The following sub-
sections describe the options available in this category.

Run EISA Configuration Utility

This option allows you to run the EISA Configuration
Utility directly from the CD to ensure that the system is
properly configured for the remaining configuration
steps. See Chapter 5, "Using the EISA Configuration
Utility," for instructions on running the EISA Configura-
tion Utility.
In addition to being able to run the EISA Configuration
Utility directly from the CD, you can create a diskette (or
diskettes) and run the EISA Configuration Utility from
the diskette(s).

Run System Utilities

The options within the Run System Utilities category
allow you to run the system diagnostics and any other
utilities available on your CD. The following subsection
describes the option available in this category.

Run System Diagnostics

This option allows you to run the system hardware
diagnostics directly from the CD. Before running the
diagnostics from the CD, you should make a blank for-
matted diskette and insert it in the diskette drive so the
diagnostics programs can record critical messages and
information as they execute. See "Create Blank Format-
ted Diskette" found later in this chapter for instructions
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on creating the necessary diskette. The system hardware
diagnostics are described in the Diagnostics and Trouble-
shooting Guide.

Use Online Manuals

The Use Online Manuals category includes all available
online manuals. Selecting one of the online manuals
launches the Adobe Acrobat viewer (included on the CD)
and allows you to view or print the online manual in the
language that you selected earlier.
NOTE: You can also copy the portable document format
(PDF) files from the CD and use them under your native
operating system.
The following subsections describe the options available
in this category.
Use the System User's Guide
This option allows you to view or print the system User's
Guide.

Create Diskettes

The Create Diskettes category allows you to create dis-
kettes of system utilities and operating system-specific
drivers as well as blank formatted diskettes. The follow-
ing subsections describe the options available in this
category.

Create Blank Formatted Diskette

This option allows you to create blank formatted
diskettes.

Create Utility Diskettes

This option allows you to create bootable utility diskettes
for running the EISA Configuration Utility and the asset
tag utility. The following subsections describe the choices
available with this option.