It is possible to install 2008 HPC directly from the CD without using the Smartstart CD. Without phoning HP, a quick Google search took me to a solution. Installation cannot proceed.” Workaround Failed! This looked working until near the end of the installation where Windows is configuring the setup – after a few long minutes, eventually a dreaded error pops up that says: “Windows could not update the computer’s boot configuration. Our immediate workaround was to insert the Windows HPC installation CD directly and reboot the server to install it. This is where most sysadmins would stumble – because the Smartstart CD (version 8.50) does not have the option where you can select to install “Windows Server 2008 HPC”, and if you attempt to choose, say, “Windows Server 2008 圆4”, eventually you will face with an error of “driver not found” or similar kind. The first task, as with most HP servers, is to slip in the HP Smartstart CD to use the OS installation wizard. The reason for the overkilled specification was that – the server was meant to run Microsoft Windows Server 2008 HPC and will be hosting half a dozen of VMs using Hyper V.
8 x 142GB SAS Hard disk, running Raid 50.2 x Xeon processors (giving total of 16 cores!).A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be on site to play with a HP ProLiant D元80 G7 rack server.
