Re: Installing SBS with Raid 5

Oh, I agree, they should be clearer about it. But it's not anything new -
servers have always had this potential requirement. What's new is that so
few come with a floppy any more. It's why I keep a USB floppy around. And a
regular one as well. I have them on a shelf in the server room, wrapped in
zip lock bags.


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


Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] wrote:
I see your point Charlie, but why can't MS add to the system requirement's
page for Windows 2003 and SBS 2003, the potential requirement for a floppy
drive? At least people would then know to order a $30 floppy drive with
their new server. Seems like this would end a lot of customer
frustration.
NOTE: Some devices, such as RAID controllers, may require the
installation of device-specific software during the Windows Server
install process. A floppy disk drive will be required to complete the
installation of this software. For more information, consult the
equipment manufacturer.
System Requirements
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/sysreqs/default.mspx


"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Gregg - there really are good reasons for why this is the way it is. At
this point in the process, there is virtually no intelligence in the "OS"
at all - everything needs to be exactly where it expects things to be
because it's reading byte by byte. This is one of the oldest pieces of
code in the whole OS process. It's thoroughly debugged, it works, and
it's just not something that will ever get changed outside of a major OS
release. Which is why it had to wait till Vista/Longhorn. It's changed
there, thank goodness. But that change is not ever going to work its way
backwards. The risks are too high and too many things are dependent.

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


Gregg Hill wrote:
I second that motion! Require floppy in 2006? Come on MS!

Gregg Hill



"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" <mwport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I sure wish someone on the MS Dev team would patch (fix) the Windows
install procedure so you can alternately use a USB flash drive,
external USB drive, internal IDE/SCSI drive, or CDROM/DVD drive to
install the required drivers when you press F6.

THIS "UPDATE" IS LONG OVERDUE. Anyone from Microsoft listening???

--
Merv Porter [SBS-MWP]
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"Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]" <kweilbacMVP@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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KJ -- the Dell bootable CD does not support SBS, unfortunately. I
installed a PE 2850 last year. I had to purchase a USB floppy drive in
order to insert floppy disks for the required drivers during the F6
process.

Rather than getting frustrated, take this as an opportunity to learn
and
understand what's required, and take good notes. Because the down the
road, if your server has a hardware failure, and you're required to
redo
something, you'll be glad you have notes on which controllers you had
to
load, etc.

Finally, don't rule out calling Dell and asking them to confirm what
drivers you need. That's what I did. Then again, with my 2859, Dell
had forgotten to include the Adaptec controller boards to begin with!
--
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"


"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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