BTW, the reason I say MS (probably) signed the Server 2003 ISO's is the fact i can reproduce an exact, 100% identical to MSDN version of my Windows XP Professional Vl build using CDImage 2.52p but i can not do the same for a retail version of MSDN Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2, somehow the resulting hashes are always different than the MSDN Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 hashes. Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition with SP2 (VL) - Disc 1 / Disc 2 (Polish) Release Date: 4/28/2007 pl_win_srv_2003_r2_enterprise_with_sp2_vl_cd1_x13-46476.iso.
I have an older HP Proliant ML150 Gen2 Server that I was hoping I could breathe some new life into with Windows Server 2008, use it for file or image storage, maybe a test lab. However, I've discovered that the internal SATA RAID controller, an Adaptec 2610SA, doesn't seem to have a driver for 2008, or 2012. I've tried using the Windows 2003 x64 driver both from HP and from Adaptec, but neither 2008 or 2012 will recognize the array with that driver. So, as a last resort, I thought I'd put 2003 x64 on the server.
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But, the ISO's (in all flavors) no longer seem to be available from the MS VLSC site, though I certainly have valid keys for it. Can anyone point me at a working, valid ISO online and can pull down to resolve my issue? Thanks in advance for the help! --Michael PS - Alternatively, if you know of a driver for that RAID controller that would work for 2008/2012, I'd take that in lieu of the 2003 ISO.:-).
Michaelhackett wrote: Jon - The very first thing I tried was to load VMWare on it. However, the processors aren't supported under 6.0.and I tried checking compatibility all the way back to 3.0, and the closest I could get was that I could use VMWare on an HP Proliant ML150 Gen4. --Michael Isn't this telling you something? ESXi (or ESX) doesn't support it, and 2003 is your best shot and that is EOL in days - it's time to Linux the box or retire it once and for all.
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