On 2/12/2011 5:08 PM, Benjamin Gawert wrote:
> On 28/11/2011 07:25, * Victor Bien:
>> Has anyone tried and succeeded in doing this?
>
> Yes.
>
>> Why?
>> Well I like the beefy construction of these servers, you can buy older
>> models on eBay cheap
>
> Well, they are cheap for a reason. They are slow by today's standards,
> generally noisy, and consume a lot of electricity.
>
>> and for now want to be able to run XP because I
>> don't know whether all applications a client runs will run on WSFSB
>> 2003.
>
> What do you mean with 'WSFSB 2003'?
>
>> The problem, as always, are drivers. HP only provide drivers for
>> server operating systems. Are there third party suppliers who have
>> generic XP drivers that will work on say a ProLiant ML110 G3 or G4?
>
> Windows Server 2003 drivers and Windows 2000 Server drivers usually work
> just fine under Windowsxp.
>
>> Of course an alternative is to dive in and try and see what applications
>> will run on WSFSB which come with these machines. An important program
>> is Lotus Smart Suite. I know Firefox works; not sure about Outlook
>> Express.
>
> If 'WSFSB 2003' means Windows Server 2003: it basically runs all
> applications that run on Windowsxp. Which, considering that the code
> base of both is very similar, should not be surprising.
Since writing this I've successfully installed XP SP3 on a ProLiant
ML110 G3. This is low end server machine and does not consume too much
electricity - the power supply unit is only rated at 350 W which is
smaller than the power supplies used on some current home desktops.
The main thing I was missing was that the HP driver packs such as
cp007490.exe - for the embedded SATA RAID controller driver has an
"Extract" button as well as the "Install" button when you run it. I was
rushing into things and tried clicking "Install" and promptly got a
message saying I could not install it because the os is not supported -
it would only work on Window Server 2003. (WSFSB is short for Windows
Server for small business an abbreviation which quite a few people have
used so I just copied them).
Only running into difficulties with trying to track down software
elsewhere and revisiting the cp###.exe files and using "Extract" did
installing the required drivers turn out to be a piece of cake!
Yes I know that XP and WS2003 are similar which is why I thought my
whole concept had a good chance of working - and now it has!
While the machine is a bit old it is not that old - it was built in
2005. The built-in NIC is gigabit capable; it has 2 GB RAM which is
adequate for what I want and it has a built-in Adaptec SATA RAID
controller key for data security. The video is low powered but as a
machine playng a server role that's not important - it'll do for
composing documents and e-mail. If more turn up on eBay cheap I'll
certainly snap a few more up!
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