[Gllug] Compaq deskpro setup

[John Winters]

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


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