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How to boot server from CD-ROM

We have an old rack server I want to setup as a development server, but I have no experience setting this up.  The spec is as follows -

HP NetServer LP2000r RackMount Server
* Dual P3-1133Mhz * 2048Mb * 3x 36Gb * RAID *

I can boot it, but I cant get it to boot from CD, I have looked in BIOS setup and there is something called Multiboot menu which has CDROM at the top, but I dont know how to access multiboot - i tried hitting space when it was starting up but this doesnt seem to work.  

I know the IDE drives in it are empty so I just get "cant find operating system".

Simple question but answer needed urgently, hence the points.
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Try that CD on other system see it will boot ok, if not, it is cd faulty.
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CD Boots fine on other systems, server bios showing ATAPI CD-Rom in bios etc...
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Try this:

Start> Run, type in devmgmt.msc
Expand CD-ROM/DVD Drives, then Right click each entry and select Uninstall, then press OK.
Reboot and see if the drives work after that.