2-2 Dell PowerEdge 2200 Systems User’s GuideCreate DiskettesThe Create Diskettes category allows you to create dis-kettes of system utilities and operating system-specificdrivers as well as blank formatted diskettes.Video DriversYou will need to install the video drivers for the operatingsystem you install on your PowerEdge 2200 system,unless they were installed by Dell. Use the following pro-cedure to install the video drivers for the Windows NToperating system. NetWare provides a textual interfaceand does not require video drivers.Installing Video Drivers forWindows NT 4.0Select the Create Diskettes category from the Dell ServerAssistant CD Main Menu, and create a diskette of soft-ware drivers for the Windows NT 4.0 operating system.After you make the diskette of drivers, use the followingprocedure to install the video drivers:1. Insert the diskette of drivers into the diskettedrive on your system.2. Run the Windows NT Display program located inthe Control Panel in the Main group.3. Select Change Display Type.4. Select Change from the display options; thenselect Other.5. When prompted for the correct path, typea:\ATI and press .If the diskette is not in drive A, change the drive let-ter designation as appropriate.After the system reads the diskette, it displays theATI Graphics Accelerators option.6. Select the ATI Graphics Accelerators option;then click Install.Confirm your choice when prompted to do so, andall appropriate files will be copied to the hard-diskdrive.7. Restart Windows NT.The system will start up using the ATI mach64 driv-ers in 640 x 480 mode and display an application thatallows you to choose a resolution.The maximum resolutions supported by the built-inATI mach 64 video controller with 1 MB of videomemory are 640 x 480 pixels (16.7 million colors)and 800 x 600 pixels (65,536 colors) (non-interlaced); and 1024 x 768 pixels (256 colors)(noninterlaced).NOTE: If you select a resolution that is not sup-ported by the ATI mach64 (264VT) video controllerwith 1 MB of memory, the operating system will sub-stitute 640 x 480 in 256 colors.Asset Tag UtilityThe Asset Tag utility allows you to enter an asset tagnumber for your computer. The default System Setupscreen (see Figure 4-1, for example) does not show theasset tag number unless you enter one using this utility.NOTE: The Asset Tag utility works only on systems run-ning MS-DOS®.Using the Asset Tag UtilityUse the following procedure to create a system utilitydiskette and boot the system:1. If you have not already done so, create a bootablesystem utility diskette from the CD.2. Insert the diskette in drive A, and reboot thesystem.After you boot the system with the system utility dis-kette, you can use the Asset Tag utility to enter anasset tag number that you or your organizationassign to the computer. You can also use the AssetTag utility to reenter the computer’s service tag num-ber if that becomes necessary.You can view the asset tag number using the SystemSetup program as described in Chapter 4, “Using theSystem Setup Program.”
