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theflash1932
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June 1st, 2012 11:00
The 1950 does not officially support the "SAS 6 HBA". It is an "external" controller, and It is also not capable of RAID.
If you mean the SAS 6/iR, then the drivers should be built into 2008 R2.
If you are truly using a SAS 6 HBA, then you need this driver for 2008 R2, although I'm not sure how you would have set it up to use the internal storage:http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/2684/DriverDetails?DriverId=0JPP3&FileId=2731092855&DriverName=Dell%206Gbps%20SAS%20HBA%2C%20v.2.0.12.20%2C%20A01&productCode=poweredge-1950&urlProductCode=False
However, your problem sounds to me like bad media - corrupt download, burn, DVD, etc. Try some or all of the following:
Install via USB (2008 family and later):
http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/10/15/installing-windows-2008-via-usb-thumbdrive/
I would forget about XP for now.
Hiphoptech
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Thank you. I will try the following and see if that helps.
June 1st, 2012 20:00
Wow. I was reading about slower burns working and decided to try that with the external usb dvd rom.
I burned @ 2x with Imgburn. The put my external usb dvd rom to boot from cd.
The installation was very slow, it took my Dell Poweredge 1950 on Bios Revision 2.7.0 about 6 hours to install fully!!
It ran very slow but steady, it was what seemed risky but the installation finally completed!!
Thank you for your help. I still want to know how to do the usb version and make the other HDD work. But my problem is resolved!!! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!
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theflash1932
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16.3K Posts
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June 1st, 2012 11:00
The 1950 does not officially support the "SAS 6 HBA". It is an "external" controller, and It is also not capable of RAID.
If you mean the SAS 6/iR, then the drivers should be built into 2008 R2.
If you are truly using a SAS 6 HBA, then you need this driver for 2008 R2, although I'm not sure how you would have set it up to use the internal storage:
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/2684/DriverDetails?DriverId=0JPP3&FileId=2731092855&DriverName=Dell%206Gbps%20SAS%20HBA%2C%20v.2.0.12.20%2C%20A01&productCode=poweredge-1950&urlProductCode=False
However, your problem sounds to me like bad media - corrupt download, burn, DVD, etc. Try some or all of the following:
Install via USB (2008 family and later):
http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/10/15/installing-windows-2008-via-usb-thumbdrive/
I would forget about XP for now.
Hiphoptech
77 Posts
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June 1st, 2012 11:00
Thank you. I will try the following and see if that helps.
Hiphoptech
77 Posts
0
June 1st, 2012 20:00
Wow. I was reading about slower burns working and decided to try that with the external usb dvd rom.
I burned @ 2x with Imgburn. The put my external usb dvd rom to boot from cd.
The installation was very slow, it took my Dell Poweredge 1950 on Bios Revision 2.7.0 about 6 hours to install fully!!
It ran very slow but steady, it was what seemed risky but the installation finally completed!!
Thank you for your help. I still want to know how to do the usb version and make the other HDD work. But my problem is resolved!!! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!