Installing Windows 2003 on ML110 G4 with Raid1

[Jeremy Witt]

It has been a while since I had to wrestle with an ML110, but having to go through this one more time (5-10 more?), I started "messing" in the BIOS.

It may be pure coincidence, but...disabling USB 2.0 has allowed for that second mouse/keyboard click for the Pseudo device.

I really want to reboot the server and try again to be sure that was it, but if it wasn't, I don't want to waste another few hours...

If anyone else has the opportunity to test this "theory", please let the this thread know.

Thanks,
JDW

[Jeremy Witt]

I got brave and tried the reboot again, just to see. It worked twice in a row.

Somebody please try it and let us know!

Thanks,
JDW

[Tony Dorman]

Just to advise we also had the same issue the others have experienced in terms of the Server hanging at the Adaptec Suedo Device. I disabled USB2 in the BIOS and removed a second pair of drives(Second mirrored array) from the configuration and I've then been able to bypass the hang condition.. Given the information above it's pretty likely the resolution was disabling USB2 support (and like the others), I'm not planning on spending more time isolating the solution.

I might add, we have also stopped selling ML110 servers now and only sell ML310's as an entry level server. This is due to the sorts of issues we have had like this when trying to diagnose disk subsystem issues with Hostbased RAID controllers.

[Adrian Schilling]

Confirming - I had just put on my steel caps, and was just about to... :-/
Then I tried turning off USB2 in the BIOS as previously suggested and I was able to successfully get past the unsigned driver issue.
I have been struggling with this for some time, and soooo glad to finally have the solution.

BTW, my original problem was also not being able to get to 2nd base with the USB floppy. I was sent an e-mail by HP Support which allowed me to fix this. The title of the support article is
"HP ProLiant ML110 G3/G4 Server - Unable To Install SATA Drivers Using Third Party USB Floppy Drives And Some HP Branded Floppy Drives on ML110 G3/G4 Servers"