From a local ex Compaq Service preson about the Compaq Issue
Donn,
The Smartstart CDs come in a black CD container. You should be able to get a Smartstart kit for free from Compaq if you phone their tech support number. Your friend may have to provide the serial number of their server. If things don't pan out. Send their information to me and I will try the Compaq tech support number. Now things may have changed since I worked there and its possible that there is a charge but I am not aware of it. Even still they should be able to send it out for free.
The disc are free but getting can be tricky....which version are you looking for as a current ASE I have most of the stuff-but it is not very helpful for loading Linux - it kicks you out and then you install off
On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 00:35, Donn aka n5xwb Washburn wrote: the Linux CDs (The ACU and agents can be downloaded off their web site separately and are much easier to manage than two 650 MB discs.)