Need to bounce this one off the list. I have a DL380G3 that I am trying to load Windows 2008 Standard for a new file server, I have already tried Smart Start CD 8.00, 8.15 and 8.25. I also have tried 2 boot DVD's ( If I put the Windows 2008 DVD in the DVD ROM and boot the server it starts to load windows) but through the Smart Start CD, when it is asking for either flat-files or CD-Image to load the OS from, I pick flat files and it prompts me for where on the DVD the source OS's are.
I pick DVD folder then the sources folder within that folder, and click on show sub-directories, and sure enough on 2 DVD's it can't find it. I know the darn DVD's are good because I can get Windows to load from the freaking DVD. Any idea, what I might be doing wrong with the load of the Windows 2008 through the Smart start process which is what I would like to accomplish. Either that, or its back to Windows 2003 R2 Sp2 which I would like to start getting away from but at least I will have a built server I will have space on for information that needs to get migrated off older systems Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:[email protected] Cell:401-639-3505 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
