Upgrading to Win2k3 - Driver Questions

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Shard
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Upgrading to Win2k3 - Driver Questions

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Forgive my ignorance, but I haven't done much to my BP6 and my PC in general, in a few years! I am rebuildng my box, installing Win2K3 Server on it, and had a couple questions. I am running dual Celeron 466s, HPT366 controllers - bought the board in 1999...

I see that the latest BIOS is RU. (I think the one I have right now is NJ). Is RU good, and will this still work on my system? Also, my only options for downloading RU appear to be RU without modifications, RU for 1.26, and RU for 1.28 - I however have just downloaded HPT366 1.30 (1.28 appears to be for Win2K only), so what exactly is the deal with this? Will this version (it specifically is listed as, "BP6 Modified RU - Roby 2 - Modified by Roby to include new microcode and HPT version 1.28 ) still work for me if I use 1.30? Is there a RU for 1.30? Is that necessary?

In relation to this, as I said, I've grabbed the latest HPT366 drivers for WinXP (HPT366 WinXP 1.30) - I assume these will work fine for 2K3? I also see they have HPT368 drivers, but I assume these will not work on my system? And again, as I questioned above, what should I do for BIOS?

Sorry for the no doubt stupid questions, but I haven't touched my drivers, BIOS, etc. in years!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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