[BlueOnyx:13413] Re: Help Please: Problems with the DELL 1850 PowerEdge !!

[bob richards]

Did the hard drives come with the server? It sounds like you have caddys
from a 1950 that have the tab on them.
are the drives fully seated? You may want to take the top cover off to
check and make sure.


On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 5:49 AM, <gen at ercuk.com> wrote:

> **
> Help...I have problems !
>
> 1: The server arrived and I looked it over, and it seemed OK, except:
> ...both the 2 HDD-Caddies didn't seem to be pushed all the way into their
> server slots.
>
> ...I found that each drive-caddy was being held slightly forward of their
> fully home position, by little metal tabs that were locating in the grove
> on the right-hand-side of each drive-caddy.
>
> 2: These tabs are each held in position on the face of the server, by 2
> tork-screws, so to release the tabs: I removed the screws, and slid the
> HDD-Caddies out of their slots.
> I checked them over, and they looked ok, so I pushed them all the way into
> their slots.
>
> 3: I installed the CD-Rom-drive, without any problem.
> ...(this involved removing the large top cover, so I also looked around
> inside to see if there was anything obviously loose, and all seemed ok)
>
> 4: I connected a power lead to PSU1, + a monitor, and keyboard.
>
> 5: I plugged in: And the sound of the (4) fans could be heard.
>
> 6: I switched on the server: And it sounded like Concord taking off, as
> all 4 fans seemed to be running at maximum speed !
>
> 7: Dells OS booted up, and I pressed F2 to display the 'Main System Set-up
> Program Screen'
>
> 8: I clicked enter, in the menu, at: Boot Sequence
>
> ...the 1st item listed was the: Floppy disk drive
> ...the 2nd item listed was the: CD-Rom drive  (ie the new drive I'd just
> installed)
>
> ...so I changed this around so that the 1st item listed was the now the:
> CD-Rom drive
>
> ...(No HDD's were listed here !)
>
> 9: Now according to the Dell-guide that I have, the next item listed in
> the menu should be: HDD Sequence
> ...but this was not listed, and it isn't listed anywhere else in this menu.
>
> 10: I inserted the BlueOnyx install disk: 64-bit install:
> BlueOnyx-5108R-CentOS-6.3
> ...and exited the Dell-Set-up-Screen.
>
> 11: System rebooted and started to run BlueOnyx, and a light-blue screen
> appeared, completely blank except for some very small navigation-text at
> the very top & bottom of the screen.
>
> ...I did what it said to go to the next screen, can't remember exactly
> what.
>
> 12: New screen appeared, with a small box in the centre, asking me if I
> wanted to continue with install, or exit.
> ...I clicked: install
>
> 13: New box said: No HDD detected.
>
> 14: I exited install and switched off server.
>
> 15: Throughout:
> a: The green power light was on, and...
> b: The 'amber system status indicator' (to the left of the right-hand HDD)
> was flashing.
> c: And both continued to flash when the server was powered down.
>
> Heeelp Pleeese !
>
> Thanks Mac.
>
>
>
>
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