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Need some help reviving an old Dell poweredge 2650

THE_BESTaliv
By THE_BESTaliv
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      Hey guys, I have an old Poweredge 2650 sitting around my house, I have wanted to use it as a home server for awhile now but I cant figure out for the life of me how to install an OS on this thing. I have already setup a raid config in it but just dont know how to install an os. Any advice? If forgot to give any info please let me know! 

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if it doesn't have a cd drive. install windows from a usb stick

it does have a cd drive, and i have a windows cd, i also have a bootable usb drive but i have no way to boot off of them, thats what i need to know

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You should be able to just insert the install media and it should detect it, what happens when you boot it without the OS?

Arch Linux on Samsung 840 EVO 120GB: Startup finished in 1.334s (kernel) + 224ms (userspace) = 1.559s | U mad windoze..?

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go into the bios and change the boot order. and have it boot to your ( install media ) on your usb stick or cd drive .

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