LH Pro and Win2000Pro ??

[Renato Richina]

I intend to use our old LH PRO server as TopTools Management Console. I would like to use Windows 2000 Professional as operating system. The compatibility matrix on the hp website shows, that LH Pro is certified for Win2000, however I can't find any drivers for this OS.

Has anyone expericences with LH Pro and Windows 2000?

[Marco Hogeveen · Accepted solution]

Renato,

The LH-Pro is compatible with Windows2000 Server, not professional.
It should work, I think, but it's not supported.
You can use the drivers from Microsoft on the windows2000 CD, HP doesn't have special w2k drivers for the LH-Pro.
Take a look at Microsoft's HCL on http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp and search for LH Pro.

Marco.

[frank fung]

Renato:

I have run the TopTools management console on a LH Pro but on Windows NT 4.0. I was happy with the performance so I replaced it with a LPr. If fact, it doesn't have to be a server. Any new PC will do.

[Vernon_2]

I have an LH Pro 6/200 running WIN2000 just fine with default install and drivers using the adaptec scsi, as for using the netraid card, I am still working on that one!

[Vernon_2]

Sorry! And yes it's WIN2000 Pro!

[Renato Richina]

Hi Vernon

I've just installed Win2000 Pro on the LH PRO server. All hardware (including the NetRaid Adapter) is working fine excepting the graphics card. It has a yellow exclamation mark and says, that it has no free resources. If I check the hardware details, it says, that the various resources are in use of VGASAVE.

I can only have 16 colors and 800x600 resolution.

Do you have this problem too?

[Vernon_2]

Yes, unfortunately the onboard trident video only supports 16 colors due to it's 512k of memory. If you need better video, like I did use a PCI card and disable the onboard video. There is a small set of dipswitches in the upper right hand corner of the mainboard. #8 off will disable it. Make sure you can find WIN2000 drivers for the card before you buy it. Luckily there isn't much market for old 2 meg cards, I bought a Number Nine for $1.00 on ebay and used compaq drivers for it.