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Old October 7th, 2008, 02:52 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Using XP/Vista on HP proliant server?

I've got hold of an old HP Proliant ML530 G2 (2 x 3Ghz Xeon's) and wanted to see what it is like as a normal pc. Only trouble is the chipset drivers and supported OS doesn't include XP or Vista and those are what I want to use.

Is there any way of getting XP or Vista to work?

My only other option is running a virtual XP in Linux but I would rather not have the hassle of all that.


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Old October 7th, 2008, 08:53 PM     #2 (permalink)
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Server 2003 drivers should work fine in XP. Server 2008 drivers should work in Vista.
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thanks, i'll give that a try

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