Re: Re: OT: ish Dell 715n Media

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:40:05 +0100, Colin Wilson
<(E-Mail Removed) o.uk> mused:

>>Probably a bit of a long shot but I've got a Dell PowerVault 715n and
>>I have no media for it whatsoever. Normally this wouldn't be a problem
>>as I'd just whip out a disc with an OS on it and install it but the
>>715n is a headless server with just 2 network ports and a serial port,
>>no monitor\keyboard or mouse.
>>
>>I could manage to get Debian on it but I'm not sure how well it would
>>work with the hardware and how much tweaking I'd have to do to get it
>>to do all the bits I want it to, and I'd have to get a network boot
>>server running as well. What I would like is the original Dell media
>>for it so I can reinstall the original OS (Windows Server 2000). If anyone
>has the media and fancies sending\lending\selling it that would be
>>nice.
>
>alt.sys.pc-clone.dell might be of use

Cheers, added to the x-post if nobody minds.
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Regards,
Stuart.


Lurch

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:50:57 +0100, Lurch
<(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

>On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:40:05 +0100, Colin Wilson
><REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgroup@phoenixbbsZEROSPAM. co.uk> mused:
>
>>>Probably a bit of a long shot but I've got a Dell PowerVault 715n and
>>>I have no media for it whatsoever. Normally this wouldn't be a problem
>>>as I'd just whip out a disc with an OS on it and install it but the
>>>715n is a headless server with just 2 network ports and a serial port,
>>>no monitor\keyboard or mouse.
>>>
>>>I could manage to get Debian on it but I'm not sure how well it would
>>>work with the hardware and how much tweaking I'd have to do to get it
>>>to do all the bits I want it to, and I'd have to get a network boot
>>>server running as well. What I would like is the original Dell media
>>>for it so I can reinstall the original OS (Windows Server 2000). If anyone
>>has the media and fancies sending\lending\selling it that would be
>>>nice.
>>
>>alt.sys.pc-clone.dell might be of use
>
>Cheers, added to the x-post if nobody minds.

I'm not doing very well today, I'm just going to give in and call it a
day.
--
Regards,
Stuart.