System erase problem

[Dennie]

I recently got a Proliant ML370 server, and the first thing i did was to run system erase from smartstart cd...

the erase utility can't finish
its stuck with:
"erasing drives on controller 1 of 1. Please wait..."

(waited over the night, 6 hours)

finally i had to shut down the server since nothing hapened and every time i start it again with the smartstartcd, it says :
"smart start has detected that compaq system erase did not finish erasing the system, press any key to continue arasing the system"

what can i do to fix this problem, i'm new to this and dont know how to install driver controllers without startsmart.

there is no f10 partition
no bios to enter.
5 scsi discs.

(i have really searched the net for info, but cant find anything that helps)

Grateful for help!

/Dennie

[Ruslan · Accepted solution]

Post your server generation. AFAIK you can erase system via dip switches resides on motherboard

[Dennie]

Problem solved
Proliant ML 370 R01
pIII 1000 mhz
512 mb RAM

Didn't have a clue about the switches,
if i only had opened the server and read the configuration label... instead of searching the net for hours... or post a thread =)

You solved my problem!!!!

Thanx for your time and a really fast reply!!!