Windows 2000 on Proliant 800

[satsanga]

I am not familiar at all with servers so this might be a stupid question... :-o Is it possible to install Windows 2000 on a Proliant 800? To act as a standalone computer, not as a server?

[Oleg Koroz]

Yes

see links bellow it will help you


http://h18004.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/subscription/ssdownloads.asp

http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/locate/20_1131.html

HP SmartStart CD 5.5

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Home.jsp?locale=en_US&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=254919〈=en&cc=us

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&locale=en_US&docIndexId=179911&taskId=101&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=254919

[Arunvijai_4]

Yes, Its supported in Proliant 800 will run happily.

-Arun

[satsanga]

Thanx for the links... but since I'm not familiar with all those drivers and controllers, I get a bit confused . I downloaded "ProLiant Support Pack for Microsoft Windows 2000". Will that install all support for W2K or do I need to create a SmartStart CD as well? It's just that I don't know what to do first ;-}.

[Oleg Koroz]

you need to provide more details, what toy have:
Hard Drives?
Model of Array Controller or Regular SCSI Controller?
If you willing to make RAID?
More info about system and plans

[satsanga]

Thanks, I got Win2000 running :-)
Only thing that puzzles me, is why I can't get the display show more than 256 colors? The ATI driver should support true color? Or not?

[Terry Hutchings]

Do you have pcanywhere installed? This is a common problem with the ATI chipset.

If you do, then uninstall it, install the ATI drivers, then reinstall pcanywhere.