Re: Installing SBS with Raid 5

I did this and I still get the "did not find any hard drives on your
computer" error.

Any other suggestions?

When I Ctrl-M into the RAID array, it sees the three drives and builds
the array just fine. Why can't Windows see the drives?

Thanks in advance.


Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP] wrote:
During the initial "blue screen" or "text based" install you should see at the bottom of the screen a message to press F6 to install additional drivers.
This is when you need to insert the floppy disk with the PERC driver

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"K.J. 44" <Holleran.Kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1156631817.638018.41360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello,

I am having trouble getting my server off the ground. I am running
three 300 GB drives in RAID 5. I am using a PERC4e/Di controller. I
run the configuration utility and everything seems fine in there but
then it says:

1 Logical Disk(s) found on the host adapter
0 Physical Disk(s) found on the host adapter
1 Logical Disk(s) handled by BIOS
0 Physical Disk(s) handled by BIOS

When I try to install SBS, it says:

"Setup did not find any hard drisk drives installed in your computer."

I have not had experience setting up a RAID5 configuration. Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

And I have a PowerEdge 2850 and the tool sent with the Dell doesn't
support SBS (naturally).

Thanks.

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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>During the initial "blue screen" or "text based"
install you should see at the bottom of the screen a message to press F6 to
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with the PERC driver</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR>-- <BR>Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]<BR>-----------------------------<BR>Please
do not contact me directly, only reply within the
Newsgroup<BR>Thanks<BR>--------------------------------<BR>Using Windows Mail on
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am having trouble getting my server off the ground.&nbsp; I am
running<BR>three 300 GB drives in RAID 5.&nbsp; I am using a PERC4e/Di
controller.&nbsp; I<BR>run the configuration utility and everything seems fine
in there but<BR>then it says:<BR><BR>1 Logical Disk(s) found on the host
adapter<BR>0 Physical Disk(s) found on the host adapter<BR>1 Logical
Disk(s)&nbsp; handled by BIOS<BR>0 Physical Disk(s) handled by
BIOS<BR><BR>When I try to install SBS, it says:<BR><BR>"Setup did not find any
hard drisk drives installed in your computer."<BR><BR>I have not had
experience setting up a RAID5 configuration.&nbsp; Any<BR>suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.<BR><BR>And I have a PowerEdge 2850 and the tool sent with
the Dell doesn't<BR>support SBS
(naturally).<BR><BR>Thanks.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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