Installing on Compaq DL380 type 1

[Leon Goldstein]

Bill Campbell wrote:

>On Thu, Oct 11, 2007, C M Reinehr wrote:
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>>On Thursday 11 October 2007 17:03, Bill Campbell wrote:
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>>>On Thu, Oct 11, 2007, Leon Goldstein wrote:
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>>>>Bill Campbell wrote:
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>>>>>I inherited a Compaq Proliant DL380, and would like to install
>>>>>Linux on it, but don't have the correct collection of HP/Compaq
>>>>>chicken feet and incantations.
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>>>>>Can somebody point me to the documentation and sources of media
>>>>>necessary to exorcise the Windows 2003 that's currently infecting
>>>>>its hard drives?
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>>>>>Bill
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>>>>Is there some sort of  password lock on the FAT or MBR that prevents
>>>>fdisking the drive?
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>>>I haven't been able to figure out how to get it to boot off the
>>>CDROM so haven't gotten that far yet.
>>>
>>>Bill
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>>Bill,
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>>Have you checked the BIOS setup to determine what boot order is selected, 
>>e.g., floppy, cd-rom, hard drive, etc.? Does the BIOS even allow booting from 
>>a CD-ROM or are you going to first have to make a boot floppy?
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>So far I haven't been able to figure out how to get to the BIOS setup.
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>Bill
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If you Proliant is anything like my Presario 5151, tap the F10 key 
repeatedly e.g. like your sending morse code, as soon as the "Compaq" 
screen logo appears.  The tempo of key tapping has to be just right.

-- 
Leon A. Goldstein

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