On May 6, 2013, at 1:39 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Interesting. I need to look at them further. > > HOWEVER: I saw something there about unpacking an .exe... and googled > that, and found someone talking about doing that... which led me to > cabextract, and, sure 'nough, I now have what was in that exe - flat > files, CD, floppy! even a WinDoze floppy label printer! > > Now all I have to do is figure out which will be easiest to use - I'm > hoping I can just copy the flat files or the floppy files, or USB files, > and reboot into freedos and go. Can you get to this page without a service contract? You do have to log in. http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/service_packs/en/index.html There's a 2.5 GB bootable ISO that has all the updates for the entire Proliant line, basically, as well as the Bladeserver line. Nate