Re: Installing SBS with Raid 5

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Unplug the power to the PE 2850 for a few minutes, then see if that fixes
the CDROM problem.

If that doesn't work:

1. Boot to the system setup (System BIOS)
2. Turn on CAPS Lock, Scroll Lock, & NUM Lock
3. Press ALT+E then ALT+F, then save settings & exit.

This should force a re-initialization (re-read) of all the devices in your
server.

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Merv Porter [SBS-MWP]
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"K.J. 44" <Holleran.Kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Okay, I just realized something. When I copied the drivers to the CD
then to the floppy on the server, somehow 2 files did not copy.

perc-cerc-w2k3-6.46.2.32-A05 - Test Document
percraid - Security
Catalog

Somehow these did not get copied to the floppy (how I don't know) and
now my CD ROM is not even showing up on my server at all. Both A: and
B: (B was the CD-ROM earlier today....) are the floppy drive!

Any ideas for this POS?

Thanks.

K.J. 44 wrote:
You are correct. In looking for anything that could be wrong, I
overlooked that. The Adaptec is for my SCSI Tape Drive.


Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] wrote:
On the Dell PEs I've ordered (no raid), the Adaptec 39160 is an add-in
controller that occupies a PCI slot. The Perc 4E/DI RAID is supposed
to be
an embedded controller on the motherboard.

Do you physically have an Adaptec 39160 in your PE 2850 (and is it
there to
support a SCSI tape drive)? If so, maybe remove it and see if the
install
finds the Perc Raid controller with F6 and a floppy with the PERC 4E/DI
drivers..

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Merv Porter [SBS-MWP]
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"K.J. 44" <Holleran.Kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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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"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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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>During the initial "blue screen"
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is when you need to insert
the
floppy
disk
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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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