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02-14-2013 11:58 AM
02-14-2013 11:58 AM
Re: Trying to disable Press F1 key at bootup
The first link isn't any help really as it is geared more towards PCs and the ML530 is of a design unlike PCs when it comes to things like getting to the BIOS.
The second link is one I've been to many times and have a shortcut to on the desktop. But I haven't found anything on that page to help with this case. I had to google for smartstart cd for an ml530 and then got the link at HP for the download for 5.5 which as I said didn't help.
So I'll try the third link for the floppies and see if the floppy drive still works and if the software gets me into the BIOS. I really thought that there would be software on a CD that would do it and I especially thought that was one of the purposes of the SmartStart CD.
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02-22-2013 04:18 AM
02-22-2013 04:18 AM
Re: Trying to disable Press F1 key at bootup
You must use advanced mode in the setup utility.
From the smart start CD open the setup utility.
At the first screen in the setup utility hit CTRL+A
That will give you more selections, including disable F1 prompt.
BR
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02-22-2013 04:19 AM
02-22-2013 04:19 AM
Re: Trying to disable Press F1 key at bootup
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02-22-2013 07:19 AM
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02-22-2013 07:19 AM
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02-22-2013 07:28 AM
02-22-2013 07:28 AM
Re: Trying to disable Press F1 key at bootup
True, there's nothing telling you that you can press CTRL+A. But it's there's.
Yes the RBSU wasn't introduced untill G2 or G3.
There's pros and cons to both solutions.
Actually I like the old system partition :)
And now with the Gen8 servers the system partition is back, its now called Intelligent Provisioning, and residing on an internal flash disk.
BR
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02-24-2013 04:08 PM - edited 02-25-2013 12:50 PM
02-24-2013 04:08 PM - edited 02-25-2013 12:50 PM
Re: Trying to disable Press F1 key at bootup
Tried it today and no-go. Tried CTRL-A at several screens and it didn't do anything. This was with SS v5.5. There was an F7 for Advanced Options which I went all through before but I went through it again and there's nothing about disabling F1 or anything looking like it. I've attached a screenshot showing the first screen after the splashscreen. The first utility which is highlighted is the one I selected as it seems to me to be the only one that would have anything to do with what I'm trying to do. At this screen I tried CTRL-A and then once I went into the selected utility I tried it again as well as several sub-screens within the utility.
I also tried it with SS v7.7, pressing CTRL-A at several screens but that didn't do anything.
I tried booting from the floppies I created (which read just fine on more than one PC) but it couldn't read it so the floppy drive in the server must be bad. Ugh.
So I'm still at square one. Pressing CTRL-A in two versions of SmartStart does absolutely nothing. I don't know why HP designed such as screwy system rather than letting you press something during the POST like you can for array management, Lights-Out management, etc. Noooo, they had to make accessing the BIOS like trying to break into Fort Knox.
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02-27-2013 05:49 AM
02-27-2013 05:49 AM
Re: Trying to disable Press F1 key at bootup
System Configuration Utility is the correct utility to use.
Once you get into the first screen in the SCU you hit CTRL+A, and then you select the system setup (Can't remember wahts it called).
I have used it my self long time ago, to change the F1 prompt behaviour.
So try again.
And if you want to try with a SS different from 5.5, use an older SS.
BR
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02-27-2013 07:08 AM
02-27-2013 07:08 AM
Re: Trying to disable Press F1 key at bootup
I did press Ctrl-A when I first got into the SCU. It did absolutely nothing.
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03-25-2013 03:27 PM - edited 03-27-2013 01:23 PM
03-25-2013 03:27 PM - edited 03-27-2013 01:23 PM
Re: Trying to disable Press F1 key at bootup
Can anyone direct me to where I can find SmartStart 5.3? I have googled it to death and can only find old posts of people with 5.3 wanting a newer version. Version 5.5 and above are all I can find to download and none of those versions will work. I can boot into them (though not 8.7 as it says it wants an x86 or x64 and what I have is an i686). So if anyone knows where I can download 5.3, I'd be more than willing to try it.
JL