ml310g5 smartstart8 no boot drive

[jkc]

I have a new ml310g5 and am trying to install os using smart start8, getting message " there is no bootable drive configured in this system"

I have set it up as raid 1 and *bootable

John

[KarloChacon]

hi

you must have a ML310 G5 with an Embedded SATA controller and Smartstart does not support controller

in that case if it is W2003 you must load your driver manually (using usb floppy) or use nlite (look for it in google or here are forum)
if it is W2008 you can load your driver using a USB key normally

regards

[jkc]

Thanks Karlo,
Any idea which drivers and procedure

John

P.S. I'm not happy with HP for selling something that does'nt work with supplied software

[KarloChacon]

well

I will guess it's W2003 x32 bits

link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=3580655&prodNameId=3580656&swEnvOID=1005&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-1af9deb2dde346e78892d0e1b4

like I told you the easiest is nlite
http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html

a lot of people have tried nlite
there must be a manual in this results
http://www11.itrc.hp.com/service/james/search.do?searchtext=nlite&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&hpl=1&todo=search&searchcriteria=allwords&from=forums&searchcategory=ALL&rn=25&presort=rank&source=7000&esc=support.itrc.hp.com&wpa=forums12.itrc.hp.com%3A80&origin=0&chkServStor=o
I uploaded one I don't have it handy now but must be in that link above

but it's very easy just download driver - install nlite and follow the steps

regards