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I have been tasked with bringing up a "new" server.  It appears to be =
fairly old equipment though.  I do know it was previously used.  Its a =
Arima NM46X with dual AMD Opteron processors.  The unit appears to be =
working since it has some form of Linux installed on the disks and that =
boots and seems to run.  However, I have tried booting from CD 8.2 and =
8.0. using Disk 1 and Repair disks (AMD64 and i386).  They all die just =
after the first stage loader.  I get the system version line and then =
the spinner stops dead.  The CD is an external USB unit and its left =
running.  The motherboard doesn't recognize a USB stick for booting =
unfortunately.  The motherboard manual is dated 2006 so I think its just =
too old for that.  Any ideas on how this can be corrected?=