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GrahamElder
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‎02-24-2015 07:05 AM

‎02-24-2015 07:05 AM

Intelligent Provisioning and Server 2012R2 from USB

Hi,

 

I am trying to install Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard from USB via Intelligent Provisioning on a brand new DL380 Gen9.

 

The documentation states that IP can only read FAT32 formatted USB drives, but the ISO for Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard which I have from Microsoft MVLS is 5.24GB and has individual files larger than can fit on a FAT32 formatted USB drive. The drive therefore needs to be formatted as NTFS.

 

I don't have a DVD drive to plug in, and setting up a network share is as useless as trying to get the USB working.

 

Is there a straightforward solution to allowing Intelligent Provisioning to be able to read NTFS formatted USB drives? Otherwise its a very big omission where an OS such as Windows Server cannot be installed from USB in this way.

 

I'm amazed that the latest generation of HP business servers are affected by such a short-sighted flaw.

 

Graham

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