[Gllug] Compaq deskpro setup

[Chris Bell]

On Wed 06 Jul, John Winters wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 18:29 +0100, Chris Bell wrote:
> > Hello,
> >    I am trying to get into the setup for an early Compaq Deskpro (it says
> > series 3546 on the label but 4000 on screen) to enable booting without a
> > keyboard. The screen says F1: Boot, F12=Network Service Boot, but I do not
> > know any key combination to access the setup. I understand there may have
> > been a setup disc available in the past, but I have not found a copy. Any
> > suggestions please? Thanks.
> 

> Compaqs usually have a partition on the HD with the setup software.  The
> last time I had to deal with an old Compaq Deskpro (about a year ago) I
> managed to download floppy images from Compaq's website to re-create the
> setup partition.  Have you tried there?
> 
> John
> 
> 
   Yes, and I have done that in the past, but while the website list
contains hardware references for which there is information, the information
is "page not found".
   The disc has been reformatted by IPCop, but some memory remains of the
BIOS setup. I tried loading IPCop to another (temporary) disc first, and
that seemed to work, but forgot to check operation without a keyboard. I
then installed to the existing disc, and everything now works except booting
without a keyboard.

-- 
Chris Bell

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