on 9-28-2010 5:53 PM Timothy Murphy spake the following: > Scott Silva wrote: > >>> I should have admitted that there is a Windows partition on the old disk. >>> It came with the machine, but I never use it. >>> However, I would like to save it if possible, >>> as there seem to be some operations on this computer (HP ProLiant M110), >>> eg updating the BIOS, which seem to require Windows to be running. >>> >> All the HP servers I have are fully update able from linux... I don't have >> a M110, but I have several ML350's > > Sorry, I was talking nonsense. > I have two servers (in different locations), both running CentOS-5.5. > One is an HP ProLiant, > but the one with the bad disk is actually a Dell PowerEdge T105. > The information that came with this explicitly warns > against using Linux to update the BIOS. > (The machine actually came with a curious mixture of Windows and Linux, > in the form of a partial RedHat Enterprise system.) > Also the Western Digital disk software > all seems to assume the the machine is running under Windows. > (Admittedly it didn't tell me anything more than smart under CentOS.) > > If you really NEED windows for systems like this there is a tool out there to make a complete windows environment that boots from a CD or USB key... ubcd4win.com That way you can have the server clean and still use the tools