Trap [Exception] { “In PowerShell” }
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Read MoreReset HP ILO Via the Command Line
Log on to the HP iLo using SSH and execute the following commands (in BOLD)…
</>hpiLO-> cd /map1
status=0
status_tag=COMMAND COMPLETED</map1>hpiLO-> reset
status=0
status_tag=COMMAND COMPLETED
Resetting iLO.CLI session stopped
Your SSH session will be terminated and should be able to connect via the web interface.
Read MoreCreate a windows 7 Bootable USB thumbdrive
Here are the steps that i followed to create a bootable USB drive. Also if you have a USB drive that has U3 installed on it you may want to uninstall it prior to continuing. Here are the instructions on how to uninstall U3 http://www.u3.com/uninstall
Format the Flash Drive
Run CMD.EXE and type the following. Note: This set of commands assumes that the USB flash drive is addressed as ”disk 1″. you should double check that by doing a list of the disks (type “list disk”) before cleaning it.
- diskpart
- select disk 1 (assuming disk 1 was your thumb drive in the above list disk command)
- clean
- create partition primary
- select partition 1
- active
- format fs=fat32
- assign
- exit
Copy the Contents of the DVD to the USB Drive
Simply issue the following command to start copying all the content from the Windows 7 DVD to your newly formatted high speed flash drive.
- xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\
And that’s it. Boot up the machine, have it boot off the USB drive, and watch how fast the installation completes.
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