Compaq ProLiant ML530 Setup and Installation Guide

Server Configuration and Utilities 4-7
Compaq Confidential – Need to Know Required
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Creating a New System Partition
If you used SmartStart to configure your server and install your operating
system, this procedure (“Creating a New System Partition”) was done
automatically for you. Use this procedure only if the operating system was not
installed on the server and you want to create a system partition.
1. Power up the server and insert the Compaq SmartStart and Support
Software CD in the CD-ROM drive and power up the server.
IMPORTANT: The system partition requires about 32 MB of disk space at the beginning
of the hard drive and an unused entry in the boot record. SmartStart prompts you to
overwrite an existing DOS partition on the hard drive.
2. If the system is configured and there is hard drive space for the system
partition, SmartStart automatically creates the partition and copies
Compaq Utilities from the Compaq SmartStart and Support Software
CD to the partition. This process takes two reboots. Leave the CD in the
drive until the process is complete. The process is complete when the
SmartStart CD main menu displays.
3. If the system is not configured, select the second or third button on the
SmartStart first screen to configure the system automatically.
4. After the system boots to save the configuration, the Compaq SmartStart
and Support Software CD creates the system partition and copies the
Compaq Utilities to it. This process takes two reboots.
5. Leave the CD in the drive until the process completes. The process is
complete when the SmartStart CD main menu displays.
Verifying the System Partition
To verify that the system partition exists, follow this procedure:
1. Remove any media from the CD-ROM drive and the diskette drive.
2. Reboot the system by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del or by powering the server
to Off and then On again.
3. Press the F10 key when the following prompt appears.
Press F10 key for System Partition Utilities
IMPORTANT: The text appears for only two seconds. If you do not press F10 within the
two seconds, you must reboot the server.