Installing Windows Server 2003 on Proliant DL380 G4

[Thomas Degenhardt]

Hello,
i started a new installation of Windows2003 EE on a Proliant DL380G4 with the Smartstart CD 7.51. I started the installation from the Smartstart-CD. After the Copy-process has finished, the server reboots to the text-based setup of windows and then the follwoing error appears: "The File \$WIN_NT$\$OEM$\cpqcissm.sys could not be loaded. Error code 4 Setup cannot continue" Thats a translation from the german error message, so the english message may not be the same. I tried the installation for two times and the error always appears. Any help would be appreciated.
Kind regards,
Thomas

[Oleg Koroz]

pretent SS CD is not good ..
can you try with F6 and Driver Only ?
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/23379.html

[David Claypool]

You also should be able to use the 'Virtual Install Disk' feature by enabling it in the ROM-Based Setup Utility. This will supply the needed storage driver automatically during install without having to supply a floppy and press [F6]. After WS03 installation is complete, apply the ProLiant Support Pack for the high performance drivers.

[Thomas Degenhardt]

Hello,
thanks for your answers. In the meantime i installed the server only using the OS-CD. There was no need for using another driver. The Controller was detected by teh OS. AFter the install completed, i installed the PSP 7.51 and now its working great. But in my mind this is not the recommended method for installing the server, but it works.
Thanks,
Thomas

[Stephen Kebbell]

Hi,

glad to hear you got it installed. I would guess that the reason for the error is something to do with the language settings. If you are installing a German version of Windows, you should select German in the first screen of SmartStart. Otherwise, I think SmartStart gets a bit "durcheinander" :-) I saw similar errors in previous versions of SmartStart, but it was for the CDROM driver, and the cause was a language mix-up.

Regards,
Stephen