Re: Installing SBS with Raid 5

Chris is correct, you need to press F6 and add the correct RAID drivers for
your RAID array controller. Windows will not see the drives without the
right driver. Also, if you choose the wrong driver, it will happily accept
that, but then fail to see the array since it still doesn't have the driver
loaded.

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Charlie.
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K.J. 44 wrote:
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
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install you should see at the bottom of the screen a message to press F6
to
install additional drivers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is when you need to insert the floppy
disk
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
Vista Ultimate</DIV>
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wrote in message <A
href="news:1156631817.638018.41360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>news:1156631817.638018.41360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A>...</DIV>Hello,<BR><BR>I
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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