I have success after an initial failure while trying to use the SmartStart CD v 4.8 The key is to ** first ** run the system erase utility that's downloadble from
www.compaq.com site under your system's softpaq and utilities list. If you do not run that first, you will have problems when the following the proper procedures. The proper procedures by the way are:
1) completely erase the system of past information using the system
erase utility downloaded (not the one from your SmartStart CD)
2) boot from the Array 5300 CD
3) select and go through options 1 (system config), 2 (Array
Config), 3 (you can skip diags), 4 (update system partition)
4) boot from Windows2000 pressing F-6 before Windows2000 loads it's own drivers (tip: tap the F-6 regularly as soon as you boot so you don't miss the right timing of that Microsoft command for loading from alternate sources)
5) load 5300 driver from the diskette for Windows2000 that came
with the Array Controller 5300
6) continue with regular Windows2000 installation
Hopefully that will do the trick.
