Re: Installing SBS with Raid 5

Can you use a workstation instead of your laptop for the floppy creation?

Download the latest Perc 4E/DI driver at:

LSI Logic Perc 4e/Di
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz&SystemID=PWE_PNT_P3C_2850&os=WNET&osl=en&deviceid=6395&typecnt=3&libid=35&releaseid=R99970&vercnt=2

Download the ".exe" file (Hard-Drive) and create the floppy disk you'll need
for the F6 install. Also download the ".txt" file (Plain-Text) for more
info on how to use the floppy.

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Merv Porter [SBS-MWP]
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"K.J. 44" <Holleran.Kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1156639756.408192.10620@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I will start by saying thank you very much for replying and helping me.
I don't know what I would do without these message boards.

Poweredge 2850 SBS2003 install
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs/br...

This is a good article except that I am installing the PERC4 drivers
and SBS is saying it doesn't see any hard drives! I have no doubt that
if I ever fix the current problem, that article will definitely help me
when I run into the next problem.

Also, I do not have a floppy drive on my laptop so what I have had to
do is burn a CD with the files and copy that to the floppy drive by
booting into a command prompt and copying from the CD drive to the
floppy in the server. This was working fine but now suddenly the
driver letter (B) that was the CD ROM is the floppy and so is the
regular A drive. So now I cannot even access the CD ROM!

What is going on?!

K.J. 44 wrote:
I am getting very frustrated. It still says that setup cannot find any
hard disk drives. I have the latest PERC4e/Di driver.

What else could it be? I suppose I could try and find the SCSI
controller driver too. All my server says about SCSI is that it is an
Adaptec 39160 but I cannot find a driver for it on Adaptec's website.
Could the SCSI driver be the problem for not finding the HD's?
However, when I enter the RAID config it finds the drives fine.

And what does
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

mean?

Thank you very much. I am putting my weekend in here at work and I
need to get this stuff rolling!

Thanks!

K.J. 44 wrote:
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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Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]
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Please do not contact me directly, only reply within the Newsgroup
Thanks
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Using Windows Mail on Vista Ultimate
"K.J. 44" <Holleran.Kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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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