Re: Installing SBS with Raid 5

Okay, I must have the incorrect driver then. The Dell CD that doesn't
work because I have a PowerEdge 2850 and am installing Microsoft SBS
has many different drivers on it. How can I tell which to use? How
can I tell the exact RAID controller I have? I have a PERC4e/Di
controller but there are so many different drivers on the CD I don't
know exactly what to copy onto my floppy.

Thanks.



Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
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.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64


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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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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