I recently wanted a new Tower Server to run Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Server in my office. I have done many Linux/Ubuntu installations on dozens of machines over the years. I found an inexpensive machine in the 'HP ProLiant ML10 v2 Tower Server System i3-4150v3 3.5 GHz 8 GB RAM 500GB SATA 7.2K,' for $260 online. It appeared from the HP website that Ubuntu installation was a supported configuration, but I found some posts indicating that there might be a problem with the disk driver, with one post saying that there was not a stable driver available. I could not find the drivers on the HP website, although I did find the manual at I bought the machine, connected an external DVD drive to the USB port, put a DVD with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Server AMD64 in the drive, and turned on the computer. After several cycles of a POST sequence, the system booted from the DVD, and the installation completed normally, including the GRUB install in the MBR. At the end, the installation ejected the DVD, and prompted me to start the reboot sequence into Ubuntu.
However, when the machine tried to boot from the HDD, I got the message 'Non-system disk or disk error.' There are several posts about this problem over the past several years, but none that comprehensively describe the process for the ML10 v2, so I thought I would document my findings for those who want to use one of these inexpensive and capable servers with Ubuntu., from 2014, describes the process of changing the SATA Conroller support with a ProLiant Microserver Gen8, from 2015, describes the process in more detail, also using a Microserver Gen8, and includes screenshots, but I found they did not match exactly my BIOS screens. It may be that the Ubuntu installation is able to adjust the controller so that the installation can write to the HDD, but that the boot BIOS does not make that adjustment.
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In any case, what worked for me was to let the first stage POST complete, and then the second stage Processor Initialization will show an 'F9' button at the bottom of the screen. Pressing the F9 key on the keyboard will 'light up' the 'F9' button, and after this Processor Initialization, the 'ROM-Based Setup Utility' will start.
As per the screenshots in the second of the two references above, first select 'System Options' and press Enter, then select 'SATA Controller Options' and press Enter. Here, the new system is a little different than the screenshots shown for the Microserver Gen8 -- I had to select 'Embedded SATA Configuration,' and when I did, I got a scary Yellow-on-Red warning that this would destroy my system (which would undoubtedly be true if I had a system installed). Press Enter to get by this warning, then change from 'Enable Dynamic HP Smart Array B120i RAID Support' to 'Enable SATA AHCI Support', and press Enter. Note at the bottom that ' Saves Selection' - there is no explicit 'save' in this setup utility. Hp Elitebook 8560w Drivers Fingerprint Clearance. Then, back out of the menus with Esc, and then ' to Exit Utility' and then ' to Confirm Exit Utility.' Again, no explicit 'Save' with this utility. Press F10, and the system will again go through the ProLiant System BIOS - Early Processor Initialization.