Proliant ML370 1000 Mhz Windows 2003

[Marco CAMPARI]

I have a problem installing Windows 2003 on this machine.
I updated the ROM bios to the version 4.12.
During the windows setup, just after the driver load, the machine seems frozen with the messge: setup is starting Windows
I waited also 1 hour but the installation don't go.
I tried both solution, installing Windows 2003 directly and using the Smartstart 5.5 version.
Could be a cdrom drive or cdrom problem ?
Or what else ?

Thanks a lot for an answer

[Roger Faucher]

Marco:

It sounds like a down-level driver is messing things up. I would try forcing the install to load newer drivers from here:

http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/locate/69_1119.html

HTH

Roger

[Marco CAMPARI]

Roger,

thank you, but we try to use the smart array driver from this site, and Windows 2003 say that the driver are older than the included into Windows.

Anyway, now we are able to install Windows 2003, just changing the cdrom.

I'm not sure the problem was caused by the cd, but i'd like to understand better.

Ciao Marco

[Larry Heimendinger]

DO you mean you swapped out the CD-ROM drive or used another CD?

Thanks in advance

[Gerardo Aguilera]

Hi Marco, I have the same problem on a ML370 667Mhz server. Working fine under NT 4.0 for years but unable to install W2K or W2003 Server. It gets frozen at the same point that you. My array controller is a 221, which one are you using? The controller is my primary suspect.
Please, post your solution if you find it.
Good luck!!