Re: Dell 2850 issue - (new problem)

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IMO this is a big gunshot to the foot by Dell. Windows on x86 and they
don't support it? I wonder if anyone's asked them what it is about SBS that
they don't support? I can't imagine that there's any program in SBS they
would not support on that server, and it sounds like Dave Taylor's got it
down to a science, so is Dell just too lazy to add it to the Open Manage CD?


"Dave Taylor" <dt-news@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eCO41WgNFHA.2964@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> All,
>
> I have just finished another SBS 2003 install on my 3rd 2850. I get these
> instructions from the Dell server Tech's here in the UK after I complained
> like hell to our account manager who had asured me that the 2850 would be
> OK for SBS 2003. This was after they (Dell) had changed our order from the
> 2600 to a 4600, and then to the 2850 with a free rack as they had more in
> stock. I even spoke to someone in marketing who advised me that they would
> not be looking at including support for SBS 2003 as people who buy SBS do
> not buy racks!!!!
>
> 1 - On a laptop insert the Dell Server Assistant CD and create a Windows
> 2003 disk with the raid drivers on it.
> 2 - Create your RAID config the way you want. Normally I just create 1
> big Raid 5 Partion that has either 3 or 4 73Gb drives.
> 3 - Boot the server from the SBS CD1
> 4 - Press F6 when you are prompted to load other SCSI drivers
> 5 - Insert the floppy disk created in step 1
> 6 - Use the driver from the FLOPPY disk and NOT the Windows 2003 driver
> from the CD as it will always fail.
> 7 - carry on as normal the SBS setup
>
> The driver I have been using is mraid35x.sys 6.41.2.32 (12-11-2003)
>
> Thanks
> Dave
>
>
> "Theo" <theo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:d2gadc$gb8$1$8300dec7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi
>> We had to rebuild a 2650 with SBS 2003 (which is also not qualified by
>> Dell It looks like all of the xx50's aren't) - that someone else had
>> specified and bodged. Why choose a system that Dell does not support? Why
>> not a 2600 or a 2800? If you want a rack they can be racked. I don't see
>> the point in complcating things like this?
>> BTW the Dell server assistant set up disks are smart enough not to permit
>> SBS 2003 on a 50 so you cannot do the install using that route.
>> Theo
>> "Aus" <Aus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:FFF1D8A3-B2B2-4405-9185-813839C83154@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hi, Im about to order a similar setup - didnt you read what some others
>>> have
>>> said - they *have* got SBS to work. It may be that it doesn't work in
>>> some
>>> configs but does in others hence some have no real issues and others
>>> die.
>>>
>>> Maybe those who have had success can post their exact setups so we can
>>> emulate etc.
>>>
>>> aus.
>>>
>>> "Mark" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't know if you read my last post but 2850 with sbs2003 is NOT
>>>> going to
>>>> work. My buddy logged 40 fruitless hours on it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Ross Malyon" <non@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:uImAG9XNFHA.3988@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> > Hi all
>>>> > had some issues getting the cd to copy files over to the raid got
>>>> > that
>>>> > sorted now by using old drivers, only trouble is after windows copies
>>>> > files and i run the normal setup it goes through all the keyboard
>>>> > options
>>>> > and i enter my cdkey and password etc then it eventually restarts
>>>> > then the
>>>> > black loading screen appears and that small moving bar moves once and
>>>> > then
>>>> > the server restarts ..
>>>> >
>>>> > have tried various things but im at a loss on this one..
>>>> >
>>>> > Anyone have any issues?
>>>> >
>>>> > computer has 2 gig of ram i tried disabling it in the bios so it only
>>>> > uses
>>>> > 256 but it did the same thing..
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks in advance
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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