Unsolved
This post is more than 5 years old
1 Message
0
50491
Hard Disk not detected on the PowerEdge 1850
Hi Guys,
A little help for a person who is not all that great wit servers!
I have a Dell PowerEdge 1850, I'm trying to install a CentOS based operating system on it! but the problem is after the system booths from the CD it doesn't recognize the Hard Disks.
I tried a couple of windows based operating systems as well, but none of them seem to recognize the Hard Disks.
I cant find the RAID and the hard disk controls from the BIOS or any where else.
DELL-Chris H
Moderator
Moderator
•
8.8K Posts
0
July 18th, 2013 07:00
Earthplug,
With an 1850 you should have a Perc 4 installed. When you boot do you get a CTRL-M prompt for a Poweredge Expandable Raid Controller? If so, use that to access the controller. If you don't see the CTRL-M prompt then go to the BIOS (F2) and under Integrated Devices verify that Embedded Raid is enabled.
Let me know how it goes.
I am going to send you an email to get the scv tag, so we can see what should be installed.
theflash1932
9 Legend
9 Legend
•
16.3K Posts
0
July 18th, 2013 07:00
The PERC does NOT support non-RAID, so you MUST configure RAID BEFORE attempting to install an OS, or even with the right drivers, no disks can be seen. This is done, as Chris said, in CTRL-M - the configuration utility for the PERC (when enabled in the BIOS).
DELL-Chris H
Moderator
Moderator
•
8.8K Posts
0
July 18th, 2013 09:00
I am not seeing a Raid controller in that order. This is the driver for the SCSI adapter. If you hit F6 at the blue install screen for windows, you can load this driver and the install should continue.
SCSI Driver.- www.dell.com/.../poweredge-1850
Ed Mendoza
5 Posts
0
March 21st, 2019 08:00