Proliant 1600 not booting Smartstart CD

[byteya]

Oh no. When I was rebuilding a server with the SmartStart CD the server locked up (was selecting Server OS at the time). I powered down the server and back on and it refuses to boot to the CD. I even booted to a floppy with the system erase program on it and wiped out the system again, but it still doesn't try to boot the CD.

Got any ideas for me? Thanks.

*J*

 

[TheLad]

Is your CD drive definately working ie. it didn't fail did it? Also, check the connections inside the server to ensure they are connected ok. -----------------------------------------------------
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[liverpoolecho]

Same has happened to me ! - doesnt recognise any boot device (cd, floppy or HD ) I dont even get the keyboard check just a completeley blank screen system is totalled !

 

[TheLad]

If you have a DOS boot disk, try booting from that. If successful, you will have to download the System Erase utility from the Compaq website and run it from Floppy Disk.

This will obviously erase all of the system config on the server! -----------------------------------------------------
"It's true, its damn true!"
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[liverpoolecho]

Wont boot from floppy or Cd or HD

 

[mwalter98]

I lost the ability to boot from CD following a Compaq 1600 system erase. We ran the system configuration utility from floppy, and then setup the array. Magically,,,, on the next boot,,,, it quite happily booted from the CD. Que pasa????

 

[byteya]

I have had that happen when the CDROM is not plugged into the right controller port that the system has tagged as the "first" or bootable controller. The system configuration utility sets up the device and sets it to be bootable. *J*