[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: Compaq Smart Start CD v5.5

[Cameron, Thomas]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: NTLUG [mailto:ntlug at nfri.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:43 PM
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] OT: Compaq Smart Start CD v5.5
> 
> 
> I know its off topic, but I am in kinda a bind, Does anyone 
> have a Smart
> Start CD v5.5 that I can use for a night or so, or if you don't mind,
> putting an iso where I could download it.  I got some "new" dl380 G1
> (P3-833) servers from ebay and they didn't include the smart 
> start cd. 
> I just need it long enough to get the machine configured and booted.
> 
> Thanks, and again I apologize...
> -- 
> Woody
> 
> In a world without boundaries why
> do we need Gates and Windows?
> 

You don't actually need the Smart Start CDs.  Prett ymuch everything you need is available here:

http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/family/model/1122.html?submit.y=10&submit.x=6&cc=us

You can install pretty much any OS on them without actually starting from Smart Start.  I've done it many times.

--
Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
Assistant Vice President
Linux Design and Engineering
Bank of America
(972) 997-9641

The opinions expressed in this message are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of my employer, Bank of America.