Dell System PowerEdge 2200/300 Booting Problem

Question

When my Dell boots up.It keeps saying Configuring........ over and over like theres nothing on it.What can i do to fix it?I have no disk for it to redo the system.

Dev Mgr · Answer

More info wouldn't hurt. Does this come up in the bios screen? If it's after the bios (during OS boot), which OS? When did this start (what changed)?

deadman1971 · Answer

PhoenixBios Version 4.05 A04 and it comes up during boot.

snapohead · Answer

At what point during boot? What messages does it say before this?

deadman1971 · Answer

This Is All It Says

PhoenixBIOS Version 4.05 A04

Dell System PowerEdge 2200/300

Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra/Ultra W BIOS v1.26s6 Dell06s6

<<< Press for SCSISelect(TM) Utility!>>>

SCSI ID:LUN NUMBER #:# 0:0-WDIGTL WDE4360-1807A3 -Drive C:(80h)

SCSI ID:LUN NUMBER #:# 2:0-QUANTUM ATLAS IV 4.5 WLS -Drive D:(81h)

SCSI ID:LUN NUMBER #:# 4:0-QUANTUM ATLAS IV 4.5 WLS -Drive 82h

SCSI ID:LUN NUMBER #:# 5:0-NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:464

SCSI ID:LUN NUMBER #:# 8:0-QUANTUM ATLAS IV 4.5 WLS -Drive 83h

SCSI BIOS Installed Successfully!

Configuring.....

configuring.....

Thats All It Says. Configuring.....

Dev Mgr · Answer

Put a floppy disk into the floppy drive to see if that will allow you to either boot or get at least to the 'non-system disk' type message. If not, your 'configuring' is in the bios. If it does try to boot to the floppy, the 'configuring' is from the OS trying to boot.

deadman1971 · Answer

is there a configuring disk or a setup that i can get from here to put on a floppy disk to reboot my system?my floppy disk drive is the only thing that works on the computer.my cd rom drive aint working i guess from the configurations.

Dev Mgr · Answer

You say your floppy drive is working. Does this mean you are able to boot to a floppy disk? (e.g. any dos boot floppy or so)

If so, your 'configuring' messages seem to be from your Operating system and not from the bios/hardware. This means you want to boot to recovery media for your OS and see if you can repair your OS.

deadman1971 · Answer

yes where can i get the media to repair it

Dev Mgr · Answer

You should be able to get installation media from your system administrator. He/she should have access to install media for all OSes and software that you have the licenses for.

Without information which OS you're (trying to) running, it's hard to give a better answer than that.

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Dell System PowerEdge 2200/300 Booting Problem

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