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Re: Booting Proliant 800



On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:22:49 +0100
Peter Teunissen <oneman@onemanifest.net> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> 
> I've just bought a cheap Proliant 800 PII 450 and would like to  
> install Debian on it. But it will not boot anything. It only tries
> to   boot from a damaged Windoze NT install on it's disks but
> fails after   the initial bootloader sequence.
> I've tried booting without any result:
> - sarge installer CD
> - Sarge bootfloppy
> - HP Smartstart 5.50
> 
> It simply ignores the floppy or CD and start booting from disk.
> 
> Even the setup utility (F10) results in a message: 'System
> partition   utilities not available on this system'
> 
> I've googled but couldn't find info on how to setup this system to
>  
> boot a Linux installer.
> 
> Does anyone have information on onstalling Debian on this system
> or   pointers to good info?
> 

Have you changed the bios so it will boot from the floppy or the CD?

-- 
Raquel
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