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PowerEdge 400SC and PERC3/DCL and Windows 2000 Server install hangs !
Hi all,
i try since long time to install Windows 2000 Server in a 400SC with a PERC3/DCL RAID Controller together with 3 SCSI Disks.
The PERC works fine, the disks are configured in a RAID Array and i get the BIOS message when i start the system.
Then the Windows Setup starts from CD and i press F6 to load the PERC3/DCL Drivers.
Then it ask me to put in the Floppy, which i do, chose the right driver and press enter, then Windows setup continous, but when it tries to start Windows 2000 Server, my Keyboard light blink all three once and it hangs on that "Start Windows 200" Screen.
Sometimes after a while it says, that i can no install or repair the Windows OS, but when i do so, it says that it doesn't find a Boot Device and i have to stop the Process with F3
The system has no IDE HD anymore, just a CD-ROM.
PMChefalo
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July 24th, 2004 15:00
Ogni
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July 26th, 2004 10:00
i tried even with WS2003, which knows even more but it always do the same.
I installed it now with a normal Adaptec 39160 and this works, but i still would like to get the PERC working
PMChefalo
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July 26th, 2004 11:00
Ogni
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July 26th, 2004 11:00
The PERC 3/DCL ist based on LSI not Adaptec, but how can i change the boot partition if i don't even get into this possibility ?
It stops already after loading all the drivers and when it comes to the point where it says that it starts now Windows OS it seems to hang and after a long while it says that it doesn't find a boot device and setup stops
DELL-Mark A
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July 26th, 2004 13:00
The PowerEdge 400SC has not been validated with the Perc 3/dcl (or any Scsi Raid controller). I assume there is an IRQ or other hardware conflict causing this behavior, but as there has been no testing done by Dell, I cannot be positive.
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