Hey guys,
Thanks for all your help. I have finally got the old girl running. Win2000 is loaded. I am still not sure whats up with the SmartStarts (7.7 and 5.5) I d/l from hp. I ended up buying an original copy of 5.1 on ebay ($10) and everything went exactly as it should.
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I can boot from the w2k cd or from the diskettes created per thelad's suggestion (thank you) but once setup loads all it's files it tells me setup cannot find a fixed disk and shuts down. I d/l SmartStart5.5, same issue as 7.x it boots into dr-dos, once it loads dr-dos from the cd, i can romove...
What version of smartstart are you using to try and boot from?
Smartstart 7.x
Have you gone into bios and checked to see what OS it is set for?
No f-key option to enter BIOS, after erase however it asks which OS to set for, its set for w2k,
What CD are you booting from when you get the...
I recently set up Win2000 on a DL580 with now problems, the ml370 is giving me fits however.
I cannot get it to boot from an ISO CD including smartstart. I have system erase floppy and have done that (many times) but if there is a cd in the drive it boots to something called caldera dr-dos, if i...
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