Install 2003 on DL360 G1?

[mandg]

I have an old DL360 G1 that I want to upgrade from NT4.0 to 2003. Is this technically impossible? I noticed that I needed to downgrade Smart Start and the Firmware to run on this hardware. And from there, I get a system error when attempting to install 2003.

[KarloChacon]

hi

which smartstart are you using? version?

have you change the type of OS in BIOS?
to W200 to cheat the server?

it's not documented but a lot of people have W2003 running on G1 servers

regards

[mandg]

Thanks Karlo-

I applied SmartStart version 5.5. Do you have a reference handy on steps to 'cheat the bios' and set it for 2003?

I'll commence with a google search now.

[mandg]

The bios version is P21 (11/15/2002) but I'm not getting a prompt to enter the bios settings, only F8 for managing the disk arrays.

[KarloChacon]

hi

is the cabling properly configured and connected? (swp cables) page 63 if so might be a faulty backplane

http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00710376/c00710376.pdf


regards

[Joshua Small_2]

You could always try without smartstart at all. By the time a server is that old, its drivers tend to find its way into the base OS.

I wouldn't downgrade the firmware, get the latest you can of everything in this regard.

[KarloChacon]

I did a mistake in my last POST

I've attached a file I hope it can help you

regards