John Doe wrote: > From: "m.roth at 5-cent.us" <m.roth at 5-cent.us> > >>> You can boot from the Firmware Maintenance CD. >>> It will auto-detect all the hardware firmwares and update them if >>> needed... >>> You just have to find the most recent CD that still supports your >>> model (see in the release notes), since they gradually remove old hw to make >>> some room for new ones... >> >> No such luck: we don't have such a maintenance CD; if anyone does, it's >> the other Institute, and as we're doing admin work, I'd guess they >> don't have a real admin, so who knows where it is. > > The ISOSs are downloadable... > Google "firmware maintenance cd" and check the "version history" to get > the latest one. Then, try the "release notes" to see if you find your > server model (not always listed). If not, go back a few versions until > you find it. CD 8.60 by example seems to have it and is not too old... > Download and burn. > Or, you could try the new way (I never tried it yet): > http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/spp/index.html > Found what seemed to be it - <http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00308226>, but the one for the DL580 GL5 was from '09. I clicked the link at the top of the list, found mine, clicked that, and was offered a choice of OS's, including CentOS, but that had some accelerator. At the bottom of the offered OS's, they say "cross-os - BIOS, etc". I follow that... and *all* I get is a WinDoze .exe. Could I use one of the burnable DVDs to boot from then run this, having copied onto the h/d on the server? mark